ATLANTA (AP) – Atlanta police killed a man who was firing shots into the air near one of the city’s most well-known parks Tuesday morning, authorities said. Two officers suffered minor injuries.
The shooting occurred near Piedmont Park in the city’s Midtown neighborhood, police spokesman Carlos Campos said.
When authorities arrived to engage the man, he fired at an officer and grazed him in the head. Authorities shot back and killed the man, Campos said. A second officer was also grazed in the foot during the shootout, Campos said.
Both injured officers were expected to be released from a hospital, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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