STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — A police sergeant who was shot in the leg when officers went to the scene of a domestic dispute that ended with a fatal shooting has been released from a hospital.
DeKalb County authorities say Sgt. Charles Broome, who was shot in the leg at a Stone Mountain apartment complex Monday night, was treated at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and was released Tuesday.
Officer Jason Gagnon says a man at the apartments shot a woman, then walked outside and turned his gun on police.
Gagnon says officers killed the man, identified as 24-year-old Horace Mitchell.
He says the unidentified woman remains at Grady in critical condition.
Broome is a 15-year veteran of the force.
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