EAST POINT, Ga. — East Point police said two of their officers were injured during a fight with a suspect.
It happened at the post office along East Point Street Thursday around 3:15 p.m. Officers said they were called out there in reference to a possible fraud suspect.
Police said they started talking to the man when they notice a handgun in his waistband. That’s when investigators said the man became combative.
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During a scuffle with the man, he and the two officers ended up going through a plate-glass window in the lobby of the post office.
The officers were sent to a nearby hospital to get treatment for lacerations they received from the glass.
The suspect was able to get away.
If you have information in this case, you are asked to call East Point police at 404-761-2177.
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