Law enforcement officials were clearing the scene of an encampment where a new police training facility is being built in suburban Atlanta when an exchange of gunfire broke out on Wednesday, leaving a state trooper wounded and one man dead, according to officials.
Officers from Georgia State Patrol and multiple local agencies entered the wooded area on Wednesday morning when the man suddenly opened fire on them, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Michael Register said at a press conference.
“An individual, without warning, shot a Georgia State Patrol trooper,” Register told reporters. “Other law enforcement personnel returned fire in self-defense and evacuated the trooper to a safe area. The individual who fired upon law enforcement and shot the trooper was killed in the exchange of gunfire.”
The trooper, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was shot in the abdomen and is listed in stable condition.
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