Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said an innocent woman passed away in an automobile accident involving a police officer responding to a threat at her home.
“The Rome Police Department’s Assistant Chief of Police received an email containing a bomb threat directed at Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene,” Greene’s office stated in a press release on Monday.
“We are pleased to report that Congresswoman Greene is safe. She extends her heartfelt gratitude to the Rome Police Department for their swift and professional response in ensuring her safety,” it added.
“The Rome Police Department’s Assistant Chief of Police received an email containing a bomb threat directed towards me,” Greene said Monday.
“I’m so grateful to every member of the Rome Police Department for your swift and professional response in ensuring my safety,” she added.
The Rome Police Department’s Assistant Chief of Police received an email containing a bomb threat directed towards me.
I’m so grateful to every member of the Rome Police Department for your swift and professional response in ensuring my safety. pic.twitter.com/JfJBSLBNIz
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
(@RepMTG) December 9, 2024
The Georgia congresswoman revealed in a later post that she learned an innocent woman died, and an officer sustained injuries from the accident.
“I’m heartsick right now. I was just informed that an innocent woman died today in an auto accident involving a member of the Rome Police bomb squad who was responding to the threat at my home. My prayers are with Tammie Pickelsimer, her family, the officer who was injured, and the entire Rome Police Department,” Greene wrote.
“These violent political threats have fatal consequences. It’s an undue strain on our law enforcement who must treat them seriously. The officer was responding to protect my life. And now, a woman has lost her life because of this despicable act. The perpetrator of this crime has committed murder in our small community of Rome, Georgia. The police shouldn’t have to respond to these threats and there should not be deaths caused at their hands,” she continued.
“I’m so thankful for everything the Rome Police Department does to protect our city and for putting their lives on the line to do it. I’m sick to my stomach, but I’m also angry. This should have never happened and I pray it never happens again,” she added.
I’m heartsick right now. I was just informed that an innocent woman died today in an auto accident involving a member of the Rome Police bomb squad who was responding to the threat at my home.
My prayers are with Tammie Pickelsimer, her family, the officer who was injured, and… https://t.co/eGaUoZkMWs
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
“On Monday December 9, a Rome Police Department officer was traveling in a personal vehicle en route to take his place with the Bomb Squad on a call. This officer was involved in a traffic accident on Redmond Rd near Walmart which has created significant travel delays around the Norfolk Southern Railroad Tracks. Please be cautious around the area and avoid if possible,” the Rome Police Department wrote in a social media post.
CBS News reports:
A woman died this week in a car crash involving a Georgia officer, who at the time was responding to a bomb threat at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home, according to police and the congresswoman. The threat turned out to be a hoax, said Green, who said she has been targeted multiple times before by “swatting” attempts — where someone flags a false emergency to law enforcement in efforts to draw an armed response to their target’s residence.
The wreck occurred Monday in Rome, Georgia, where Greene lives, as the officer drove his personal vehicle to join his department’s bomb squad on a call at the congresswoman’s home, Rome Police spokesperson Kelly Madden told CBS News. A car pulled out from a private lot and into the path of the officer, who struck the car’s front left door despite hitting the brakes, said Georgia State Patrol.
The other driver, 66-year-old Tammie Pickelsimer of Rome, was killed in the collision. She succumbed to her injuries at a hospital, according to state troopers.
Authorities have not identified the bomb squad officer by name. He was not critically injured in the crash, said Madden.
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