SMYRNA, Ga. — Two Georgia cops had been wounded and a person was killed throughout a taking pictures inside a suburban Atlanta retailer that calls itself the world’s largest gun retailer.
Smyrna Police Chief Keith Zgonc stated the officers had been investigating stories of gunfire and a housebreaking in progress round midnight after they discovered the suspect inside Journey Open air, which has greater than 18,000 weapons in inventory.
“When officers arrived they encountered an armed gunman that was inside the shop … gunfire erupted between the gunman and officers on the scene,” wounding the 2 officers and killing the suspect, Zgonc stated.
Police haven’t launched the names of the deceased suspect or the officers, who Zgonc stated had been hospitalized and anticipated to outlive.
“We’re unsure what his reasoning was for breaking into the shop,” stated Zgonc, noting that police imagine he acted alone.
Cobb County cops additionally had been on the scene and fired on the suspect, however Zgonc didn’t say which of the officers shot the person or what number of pictures had been fired.
Cobb County Police Chief Stuart VanHoozer stated a lot of his officers arrived to assist Smyrna police due to the uncertainty of the state of affairs.
“There are going to be loads of cops come when one among their comrades is harm,” VanHoozer stated. “We do not know what we’ve got, we do not know what number of suspects we’ve got … we do know that they are in a gun retailer with numerous weapons.”
