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A Fulton County police officer died Wednesday after being shot in the head by a suspect.
Police identified the fallen officer as Detective Terence Avery Green.
According to Fulton County Assistant Police Chief Gary Stiles, the shooting took place at around 1:30 a.m. in the Cedar Grove subdivision near Fairburn.
Police responded to a shots fired call early Wednesday. They were told the suspect was possibly intoxicated. Neighbors said the man was going from house to house, banging on doors and firing a long barrel gun.
The suspect, identified as Amanuel Menghesha, began shooting at the officers, striking Green in the head.
Stiles described the situation as an ambush, saying the officers "were trying to do their job, they were trying to protect this neighborhood from someone who was shooting. And they had no other option but to do their job. And the way it appears to me, they were ambushed without warning."
Fulton County police officers returned fire and the suspect was hit. The suspects condition has not been released as I write this.
More in the link below:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/04/police-officer-killed-shooting/24359961/
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Police identified the fallen officer as Detective Terence Avery Green.
According to Fulton County Assistant Police Chief Gary Stiles, the shooting took place at around 1:30 a.m. in the Cedar Grove subdivision near Fairburn.
Police responded to a shots fired call early Wednesday. They were told the suspect was possibly intoxicated. Neighbors said the man was going from house to house, banging on doors and firing a long barrel gun.
The suspect, identified as Amanuel Menghesha, began shooting at the officers, striking Green in the head.
Stiles described the situation as an ambush, saying the officers "were trying to do their job, they were trying to protect this neighborhood from someone who was shooting. And they had no other option but to do their job. And the way it appears to me, they were ambushed without warning."
Fulton County police officers returned fire and the suspect was hit. The suspects condition has not been released as I write this.
More in the link below:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/04/police-officer-killed-shooting/24359961/
credit: usatoday.com
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