{"id":167845,"date":"2024-02-14T08:23:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T13:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=167845"},"modified":"2024-02-14T08:28:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T13:28:44","slug":"atlanta-police-officer-shoots-suspect-during-attempted-vehicle-break-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=167845","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Police Officer Shoots Suspect During Attempted Vehicle Break-In"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An Atlanta police sergeant fired their weapon, injuring a suspect, during an apparent vehicle break-in in progress Tuesday night, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Details scarce:<\/strong> Officers were called to 241 Forsyth St. SW shortly before 8 p.m. after a sergeant spotted a parked car with a shattered rear window and broken glass on the ground. A male suspect was seen inside the backseat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Encounter unclear:<\/strong> The sergeant approached the vehicle and an encounter ensued, the details of which remain under investigation. At some point, the officer discharged their firearm, striking the suspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Suspect injured:<\/strong> The suspect, whose identity hasn&#8217;t been released, sustained a gunshot wound but was alert, conscious and breathing when transported to a local hospital. Their current condition is unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Firearm recovered:<\/strong> Police recovered a firearm from the suspect&#8217;s person. The sergeant involved in the incident was uninjured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GBI takes lead:<\/strong> The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, per standard protocol for officer-involved shootings, has been requested to lead the investigation. The <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"\/city\/Atlanta\"   title=\"Atlanta\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Atlanta<\/a> Police Department will provide further updates as information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Atlanta police sergeant fired their weapon, injuring a suspect, during an apparent vehicle break-in in progress Tuesday night, authorities said. Details scarce: Officers were called to 241 Forsyth St. SW shortly before 8 p.m. after a sergeant spotted a parked car with a shattered rear window and broken glass on the ground. A male [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[8702,13162],"class_list":["post-167845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-police","tag-police-shooting","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}