LITHONIA, Ga. — DeKalb County police were out in force at a Lithonia neighborhood on Friday morning.
Channel 2’s Steve Gehlbach said the Georgia Bureau of Investigation had gotten to the scene around 8 a.m.
GBI confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that they were called out to assist the police with an officer-involved shooting.
DeKalb police said officers were called out to Errol Drive in Lithonia around 5:30 a.m. to respond to reports of someone being held against their will.
When officers got there, they found a suspect and there was an exchange of gunfire. A suspect was struck and taken to a local hospital in critical condition and no officers were hurt, police said.
The suspect was not identified and additional information was not immediately available.
Channel 2 Action News is working to learn more about the incident from the DeKalb County Police Department.
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