Three Atlanta Police Department officers responding to a call of shots fired in the Capitol View neighborhood on Saturday evening were shot by an armed perpetrator.
The incident occurred around 5:15 p.m. when the APD officers responded to 1430 Desoto Ave. SW to a report of a man firing a gun and carrying a knife.
APD Chief Darin Schierbaum said during a press conference outside Grady Hospital that there was a struggle between the subject and the officers, which resulted in three officers being wounded and the subject being shot and killed by officers.
Police patrol cars rushed the wounded to Grady Hospital where two of the officers were being taken into surgery. Schierbaum said one of the officers had a shoulder wound, another a leg wound, and the third a graze wound.
All three of the officers were alert, conscious, and breathing and their wounds were not life-threatening.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation will investigate the officer-involved shooting of the perpetrator, whose name has not been released.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
