2024-05-12 02:36:04
Three Atlanta police officers responding to a call about a gunman Saturday night were shot and wounded, authorities said. The suspect died during the encounter.
The situation unfolded around 5:15 p.m. local time when officers were dispatched to a 911 call in Atlanta’s Capitol View neighborhood for “a man armed with a weapon who the caller felt was a threat to the community, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said. reporters in a news report.
Officers arrived at the scene to find a suspect armed with a handgun and knife, Schierbaum said.
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“During that encounter there was a struggle, there was gunfire that resulted in three of our officers being injured,” Schierbaum said. “This also led to the death of the individual who was armed with the handgun.”
The officers were transported to Grady Memorial Hospital. One suffered a shoulder wound, one suffered a leg wound and the third had a “grazing wound,” Schierbaum revealed. Two of the three are operated on.
“They are alive and stable, they are awake, conscious and breathing,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said at the news conference outside the hospital.
Schierbaum said two of the wounded officers are 31 years old, both of them are four-year department veterans, and the third is a 28-year-old who has been with the department for five months.
It is unclear exactly where the shooting took place or what led up to it. Schierbaum said the officers were initially called to a commercial area.
The names of the officers were not immediately released. The suspect’s name was also not provided.
Per the department’s policy with all officer-involved shootings, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation will investigate, Schierbaum said.
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