Crime & Safety
Stabbed Officer, Shot Burglary Suspect Taken To Hospital: Police
Police responding to a report of a break-in in the Herds Ferry area encountered a suspect with a knife who stabbed an officer and was shot.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA — A Sandy Springs police officer was stabbed and shot a burglary suspect Friday morning, according to police.
“The officer, despite being stabbed multiple times, is doing well and is alert,” police spokesman Sgt. Sal Ortega said.
A second officer was struck shot in the hand, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting. That officer was treated and released.
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Officers were called to a home on Cameron Glen Drive at about 8:40 a.m. on Friday on the report of a break-in, and confronted a suspect still inside the home, police said.
The suspect attacked one of the officers with a knife before trying to escape, and one of the officers shot the suspect, police said.
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Both the suspect and the officer were taken to an area hospital in stable condition, authorities said.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigations has taken charge of the case and is investigating the shooting, police said.
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