Law enforcement fatally shoots Georgia sex offender accused of kidnapping 11-year-old girl

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (TCD) -- Authorities recently shot and killed a 38-year-old Georgia sex offender in Tennessee who had allegedly kidnapped a young child. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) announced Feb. 1 that 11-year-old Aubriauna Mays was last seen on Jan. 30 in the Halls area of Knox County, and they issued an endangered child alert regarding her disappearance. According to the TBI, officials suspected Edward Ahrens, a registered violent sex offender, had abducted the girl and traveled south on Interstate 75 toward Georgia. On Feb. 2 at approximately 1 a.m.,