Authorities say an Atlanta-area police officer was shot and critically injured Monday night after officers responding to a call about a suspicious person showed up at the wrong house.
DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander said the officer was shot in the thigh after he and two colleagues entered a home through the back door and identified themselves. Alexander said the officer, whom he did not identify, had lost a lot of blood and was in surgery at a local hospital.
It was not immediately clear who fired the shots. It was not known if the homeowner also had a firearm.
“A lot is yet to be determined here,” Alexander said. “But we did respond to the wrong residence tonight.”
The chief added that the homeowner was also shot in the leg and that the homeowner’s dog was killed. The homeowner’s girlfriend was also there at the time of the shooting and called 911.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called in to examine the incident, which happened in a neighborhood approximately five miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
Alexander said that the officers had not been given a street address, but went to a home matching the description given by a 911 caller who made the initial report. When the officers went around the back of the house, they found the back door and screen door were unlocked, leading them to believe that someone had broken in.
Derek Perez told The Associated Press that he reported the suspicious person. He said he was walking his dog when he saw a man knock on a neighbor’s door and then just stand in the yard. He said he then heard a loud noise, a dog barking and didn’t see the man anymore. There had been break-ins in the neighborhood recently, so he called 911, he said.
Just as he was about to go into his house, he heard the gunshots, but they didn’t come from the house where he had reported the suspicious person.
Police were still investigating whether there was a burglary at the home where the suspicious person was spotted.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out the homeowner,” Alexander said. “And our thoughts and prayers go out to the officer who suffered a severe, critical injury here tonight … We just hope both of them recover well.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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“Alexander said that the officers had not been given a street address, but went to a home matching the description given by a 911 caller ”
Bull…Who calls in a suspicious person without an address??????
Another cockamamie made up story.
i feel worse about the dog getting shot than the pig that entered the house illegally
Yeah waka…. MUST SHOOT THE DOG…..the prics.
The most ‘telling” part of this story was that the homeowner’s dog was killed. That indicates to me, that the police fired first. It also casts a shadow of doubt on the claim that the police identified themselves. Many people consider their dogs to be part of the family and I am one. The dog will be defended/avenged as if it were a grandchild.
I hope that the truth of the matter is , the guy saw the cop shoot his dog so he shot the cop
I think you’re right, Samfish, and I’d do the same thing. The idiot who shoots my dog gets his head blown off immediately. We work as a team, and an attack on my dog is an attack on me.
Every cop who shows up at the wrong house should be shot. Didn’t he knock? Announce himself? I doubt it, so he got what he deserved.
Good, but next time kill the Mofo
big elephant question in that room is…..
Did the cop learn anything?
my bets on .. doubt it
“It was not immediately clear who fired the shots.”
According to a later report, it was one of his own, apparently.
Good job. Let’s hope it’s fatal.