The Chickamauga, Ga., police officer who was shot in the leg Thursday afternoon has been released from Hutcheson Medical Center and is expected to make a full recovery, Chickamauga Police Chief Michael Haney said.
Chickamauga officers had an altercation with three people at the 100 block of Wilder Road after answering a domestic disturbance call around 5 p.m., Haney said.
The police officers interviewed the passengers in the car, a female and two males, after the female asked a bystander to call 911, Haney said.
During the interview, a struggle ensued between one man and one of the officers. The officer attempted to pull his Taser, but the suspect, Michael Anthony Brooks II, 24, pulled the officer’s gun and started to fire.
“At this point he starts firing rounds, and the second officer at the scene was hit in the knee area of the leg,” Haney said.