GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Police have identified the officers who were shot at a hotel near Stone Mountain.
The shooting happened around 7:30 a.m. inside a room at Holiday Inn Express on Parke Plaza Circle and East Park Place.
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Gwinnett County Police Chief J.D. McClure said the officers were invited to the room to investigation a fraud report and were talking with the suspect when he got out a gun and shot the officers in an “unprovoked attack.”
Police Officer Senior Pradeep Tamang, 25, died of his wounds at the hospital. McClure said Tamang had been with the department for less than a year, having graduated from the police academy in May 2025. The officer was from Nepal and immigrated to the Pennsylvania area about 10 years ago.
A second officer, Master Police Officer David Reed, was wounded. He is in critical stable condition.
The suspect, Kevin Andrews, 35, was also wounded with non-life-threatening injuries. McClure says he has a lengthy criminal history, multiple felony convictions, including for gun and violent crimes, narcotics. and had outstanding warrants.
More officers responded to the scene and provided medical treatment to all present, McClure said.
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Andrews was taken to the hospital. He will be taken to Gwinnett County Jail once released from the hospital.
McClure assured the community that “we as a police department will not be deterred” in the face of this violent attack.
“We will continue to provide for the safety of the community. We ask that you continue to support us. Again, we’ve always enjoyed great support of our citizens here in Gwinnett, and we need you at this time,” he said.
This is the first Gwinnett County officer death in the line of duty since Officer Antwan Toney was shot and killed in 2018. McClure said that Reed graduated from the same police academy class as Toney.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting. McClure said the department is working with the district attorney’s office on an appropriate charge for Andrews.
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