Former Boise State running back Jack Fields Jr. shot, killed after stabbing deputy

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Former Boise State football player Jack Fields Jr. was shot and killed Thursday by a deputy after Fields stabbed the officer while resisting arrest, according to a release by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Fields was 25.

According to the release, Fields stabbed Richmond County (Ga.) Sheriff's Office deputy Stephan Psillos several times in the lobby of a Residence Inn in Augusta, Ga., before he was shot by the deputy around 8 p.m.

"During the encounter, Deputy Psillos attempted to put handcuffs on Fields, at which time Fields resisted arrest," the Georgia Bureau of…