Police responding to a break-in at a gun store in Marietta, Ga., were shot at early Tuesday morning during a tense stand off that ended when the county’s SWAT used an armored vehicle to enter the store.
(FOX)- Marietta police Officer Brittany Wallace said no injuries were reported and four suspects have been apprehended at the Deercreek Gunshop.
Wallace said officers responding to a report of a burglary noticed movement on top of and inside the building, and soon apprehended two suspects.
She said a third suspect inside the business fired on officers, who returned fire, but no one was hit by the gunshots. She said a fourth suspect came out of the business with his hands up.
Wallace said shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday that police were using an armored police vehicle to make entry into the business and make sure there was no one else inside.
Wallace told FOX 5 that as the scene progressed, someone from inside the gun shop began firing and that’s when police fired back.
“As far as we know, no one was struck and that third suspect has been taken into custody,” she said.
Wallace said she didn’t know exactly how the report was received by police, but she said there were no signs of any type of ambush or attempt to lure officers to the store. Police nationwide have been on high alert in the wake of recent killings of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.