GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Gwinnett County police officer is dead and a second officer is hospitalized after they were shot outside a hotel near Stone Mountain.
The shooting happened around 7:30 a.m. outside the Holiday Inn Express on Parke Plaza Circle and East Park Place.
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Police confirmed one officer died at the hospital. The second officer was taken in critical condition, but is now stable. The suspect was also taken to the hospital. Investigators have not identified the officers or the suspect.
This is the first Gwinnett County officer death in the line of duty since Officer Antwan Toney was shot and killed in 2018.
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