RIVERDALE, Ga. (AP) – A small suburban Atlanta police department is mourning the death of one of its officers, gunned down this week in a law enforcement operation.
Riverdale Police Chief Todd Spivey said Maj. Greg Barney, a 25-year veteran of the force, died following surgery after Thursday’s shooting in which a suspect also was wounded.
Authorities say Barney was shot while aiding other officers during a police operation at an apartment complex in Riverdale, south of Atlanta’s airport. The wounded suspect’s name wasn’t released.
A wreath of flowers was left outside the Riverdale police headquarters. In images from WSB-TV, two candles glowed outside the police department’s entrance. At a nearby Baptist church, Frances Lee told the station a message was being put up on the sign: “Our prayers are with the Barney family.”