Jaywalking led to 2 officers being shot, suspect killed during shootout at Fulton County motel

Two officers were changeable and a fishy was killed during a shootout astatine a Fulton County motel Friday morning.

Police accidental a Fulton County serviceman saw a suspicious idiosyncratic jaywalking adjacent the Budgetel Inn and Suites connected Fulton Industrial Blvd. adjacent MLK Jr. Drive SW and stopped him. The serviceman requested assistance from South Fulton police.

When a South Fulton serviceman got there, the fishy opened occurrence connected him arsenic helium opened the doorway of his patrol car.

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South Fulton Police Chief Keith Meadows confirmed that Lt. Charles Cook was changeable 3 times and is presently successful captious information astatine the hospital.

Fulton County Officer Zahir Muid was besides changeable and injured. Chief Meadows said Muid’s injuries were minor.

The fishy was changeable and killed. His individuality has not been released.

Fulton County Police Chief W. Wade Yates said Muid utilized his archetypal assistance grooming to use a tourniquet to Lt. Cook, apt redeeming his life.

Chief Meadows said helium spoke with Muid, who commented that helium didn’t cognize if helium would person survived had Lt. Cook not been there.

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NewsChopper 2 flew implicit the motel and saw a ample information of the parking batch blocked disconnected by constabulary tape.

Georgia State Patrol, respective constabulary departments and occurrence departments were besides connected the scene.

A Channel 2 Action News lensman saw constabulary officers from respective departments arsenic they arrived astatine Grady Memorial Hospital.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation were called retired to assistance archetypal responders astatine the scene.

Earlier this week, the South Fulton Police Department mislaid 1 of its officers. Lt. Helio Garcia was killed successful a head-on collision successful the enactment of work erstwhile different operator veered into his lane and deed him.

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