COMMERCE, Ga. — Two Commerce police officers shot a man accused of charging at them with a screwdriver.
The shooting happened Thursday in the area of Orchard Drive off Maysville Road. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation responded to the shooting.
Commerce Police Chief Jeff Drossman confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that they were called to reports of a burglary in progress on Forest Street around 6:30 p.m.
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Victims told police that a man kicked through the back door and threw bricks through a window, injuring an elderly man inside. They knew the suspect and shared his identity and description of his vehicle.
Officers found his car one street over on Orchard Drive.
Police said the man, whose name has not been released, came out on the porch armed with a screwdriver and refused to drop it before charging at officers.
That’s when Chief Drossman says an officer shot him, but he got back up and charged at another officer, so the second officer shot him as well.
At last check, the man was in surgery.
This is first officer-involved shooting in Commerce this year.
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