ATLANTA (AP) – Two police officers responding to reports of gunfire in one of Atlanta’s most famous neighborhoods were ambushed Wednesday, leaving one of them shot and wounded and a suspect dead, authorities said.
When the officers went into an apartment building in the city’s Midtown area to investigate, “they were immediately approached with gunfire” when the elevator door opened, Deputy Atlanta Police Chief Charles Hampton Jr. said.
The officers returned fire, killing one suspect, police said.
The wounded officer was in stable condition at a hospital and talking to fellow officers and family members, Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said.
“It is only through their training and by the grace of God that these officers did not come upon a more tragic situation,” Bryant said.