Crime & Safety
Teen Accused Of Shooting At Officers Arrested In Atlanta
SWAT found the teenage boy hiding in a wood line near a vacant property in Atlanta, police say.
ATLANTA, GA — A 16-year-old boy is facing multiple charges after police say he shot at Atlanta officers Wednesday evening at Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard.
Atlanta Police on Thursday said officers responded to a suspicious persons call around 6:15 p.m. to Lowery, and while they investigated, the unnamed boy pulled out a gun and shot a round at officers.
The boy then ran from the scene and went into a vacant property in the 70 block of Newcastle Street Northwest, police said. Multiple APD units, including SWAT and the drone unit, were then activated, police said.
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SWAT then entered the property and established a perimeter, during which the boy was found hiding in a wood line near the property, police said. He was arrested without incident, police said.
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Charges in the case were not immediately known.
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