ATLANTA — Two Atlanta police officers were injured Saturday morning after they were met with gunfire at an apartment complex along Cheshire Bridge Road.
APD said officers were called out to the Helios apartments for reports of shots being fired just before 8 a.m.
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“Upon their arrival to the apartment, officers were immediately met with gunfire,” police said in a statement.
Officers fired back, but in the process, one was grazed by a bullet, and another received lacerations.
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At this time, the gunman is barricaded inside the apartment building.
Video from the scene shows a huge police presence at the apartment complex, including SWAT.
A person who lives inside the building tells Channel 2 Action News that there are 300+ apartments in the building. He said at the time, management had not notified residents as to what was going on, and police told him that the apartment building was on lockdown.
We have a reporter and photographer at the scene speaking with investigators for LIVE updates on Channel 2 Action News at Noon.
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