Three Atlanta police officers responding to a call Saturday evening about an armed man were shot and wounded, authorities said. The suspect died during the encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The situation unfolded at about 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 told reporters in a news briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The officers arrived at the scene to find a suspect armed with a handgun and knife, Schierbaum said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“During that encounter, there was a struggle, there was gunfire that resulted in three of our officers being injured,” Schierbaum said. “It also resulted in the death of the individual that was armed with the handgun.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The officers were transported to Grady Memorial Hospital. One suffered a shoulder wound, one sustained a leg wound, and the third had a “graze wound,” Schierbaum disclosed. Two of the three are undergoing surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“They are alive and stable, they are alert, conscious and breathing,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said in the news conference outside the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Schierbaum said two of the wounded officers are 31-years-old, both of whom are four-year department veterans, and the third is a 28-years-old who has been with the department for five months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s unclear exactly where the shooting occurred or what led up to it. Schierbaum said the officers were initially called to a commercial area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The names of the officers were not immediately released. The suspect’s name was also not provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Per department policy with all officer-involved shootings, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation will investigate, Schierbaum said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n