A woman is dead and a man was shot in what officials are investigating as an officer-involved shooting at an Athens home Monday afternoon.
Officers were initially called to the Summerbrook Circle home about 4 p.m. regarding a domestic disturbance, Athens-Clarke County police spokesman Epifanio Rodriguez told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Police arrived on the scene and witnessed Nicholas Head, 27, fatally shoot 28-year-old Quintavia Wade, police chief Scott Freeman said at a news conference Monday night.
One of the officers immediately “opened fire on (Head) in an attempt to stop the threat,” Freeman said. The officer was identified as Edward Herron, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Herron fired at least three rounds from his gun, Freeman said, before hiding behind his car.