ATLANTA — Channel 2 Action News has learned the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting in southwest Atlanta.
Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Aaron Diamant reports the "running gun battle" involved an Atlanta police officer and two suspected car thieves.
According to police, the officer was in an unmarked car when he spotted a suspected stolen vehicle. The officer called for backup and followed the car into an apartment complex off Cleveland Avenue.
As soon as the car stopped, a 17-year-old got out and started shooting at the officer, investigators told Channel 2 Action News.
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Police said the 17-year-old shooter and a 15-year-old girl tried running away through some woods. They were eventually caught.
The officer and 15-year-old girl weren't injured. The 17-year-old boy went to the hospital with gunshot wounds to the leg and hand.
Diamant reports the teens will face a long list of charges.
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