Georgia police officers executing a search warrant early Monday morning shot and killed a man after he allegedly opened fire on cops, wounding two of them, the Georgia Bureau of Investigations said.
(FOX)- Both police officers were taken to a medical center in Macon and were expected to recover, authorities told Fox 5 Atlanta. One officer had already been released from the hospital and the other sustained more serious injuries and had to undergo surgery.
The officers were shot during a multi-jurisdictional drug task force operation at a Byron home off state Highway 42 at about 2:30 a.m. GBI Special Agent J.T. Ricketson told reporters the eight-member team knocked on the door three times and announced themselves but there was no answer. Eventually police knocked down the door and entered.
“An occupant was in one room and fired at least one round and it struck the two officers,” Ricketson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Officers returned fire, killing the gunman, Ricketson said. Neither the name of the gunman nor the officers who were injured were immediately released.
Officials were investigating the incident.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.