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>>> ONE
>>> ONE BRAVE VIOLENT ENCOUNTER LEAVING FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN
PAIN.
PAIN.
PAIN. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE
TRAFFIC STOP THAT LED TO THE
DEATHS OF AN OFFICER AND A
SUSPECT.
SUSPECT.
SUSPECT. >>> BREAKING TONIGHT, HEARTS
>>> BREAKING TONIGHT, HEARTS4@ ARE HURTING IN4@ METRO ATLANTA
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. A DEKALB COUNTY POLICE OFFICER
HAS DIED AS WELL AS THE SUSPECT
ACCUSED OF FATALLY SHOOTING HIM
AN4@D CRITICALLY WOUNDING A K-9
OFFICER.
OFFICER.
OFFICER. IT HAPPENED4@ NEAR CANDLER AND
TILSON ROADS.
TILSON ROADS. ASHLEY JOHNSON IS LIVE AT GRADY
HOSPITAL WHERE THE OFFICER WAS
TAKEN BUT WE BEGIN AT4@ THE DEKB
POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
POLICE HEADQUARTERS. >> WE'RE STILL HERE WHERE
OFFICERS ARE STILL ON SCENE
WHERE THE OFFICER WAS SHOT
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. THIS WILL BE THE 89TH OFFICER
INVOLVED SHOOTING THIS YEAR THAT
THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION WILL INVESTIGATE.
OFFICERS ARE SHAKEN UP BY THE
LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR OWN.
>> I HAVE VERY SAD NEWS TO
REPORT THIS EVENING.
>> IT4@ TOOK4@ THE CHOOSE OF POE
ABOUT A MINUTE TO COMPOSE
HIMSELF IN ORDER TO DEL4@IVER TS
4@NEWS TO US THAT ONE OF HIS
OFFICERS WAS SHOT IN THE LINE OF
DUTY THIS EVENING WHILE MAKING A
TRAFFIC STOP.
TRAFFIC STOP. >> THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE
FLED ON FOOT.4@
THE OFFICER PURSUED HIM.
4@
THE OFFICER PURSUED HIM. DURING THAT FOOT PURSUIT, THE
SUSPECT PRODUCED A HANDGUN AND4@
SHOT THE OFFICER.
>> Reporter: THE OFFICER DID
DIE LATER ON WHEN HE WAS TAKEN4@
TO AN AREA HOSPITAL.
>> A K-9 WAS ABLE TO T4@RACK THE
SUSPECT.
SUSPECT.
SUSPECT. THE POLICE K-9, THE K-9 OFFICER,
AND THE COVER TEAM WERE ABLE TO
TRACK BEHIND ONE OF THE
BUSINESSES HERE ON CANDLER ROAD.
THEY FOUND THE SUSPECT HIDING
BEHIND ONE OF THE BUSINESSES.
THE SUS4@PECT HAD4@ A HANDGUN, T
THE POLICE K-9.
THE POLICE4@ K-9 HAS BEEN
TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA VET.
>> THE SUSPECT ALSO4@ SHOT BY TE
BACKUP TEAM.
BACKUP TEAM. HE DID DIE AS WELL AFTER BEING
TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL.
>> WE PASSED A POLICE OFFICER.
>> WE4@ DID SPEAK TO A WITNESS
WHO SAID SHE SAW WHEN THE
VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER.
TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAYS
SHE SAW.
SHE SAW.
SHE SAW. >> I HEARD A SHOT.
>> I HEARD AN OFFICER WAS SHOT
IN THE B4@ACK OF THE HEAD.
THEN WE HEARD ABOUT 15 TO 20
ROUNDS GO OFF.
THEN WE SAW THERE WAS PROBABLY4@
ABOUT 100 POLICE OFFICERS.
>> THE IDENTITY OF THE OFFICER
HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED AS OF YET
BUT GBI SAYS HE'S THE EIGHTH
OFFICER TO BE SHOT THIS YEAR.
ASHLEY JOHNSON IS AT GRADY
HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TAKEN
AFTER HE WAS SHOT.
>> IT'S BEEN A VERY EMOTIONAL
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. WE'VE SEEN OFFICERS4@4@ UPSET HE
ALL EVENING BUT IT'S TIMES LIKE
THIS THAT REMIND US HOW THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY REALLY4@
COMES TOGETHER AT DIFFICULT
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. >>
TIMES. >> Reporter: IT'S HEARTBREAKING
TO WATCH.
TO WATCH.
TO WATCH. OFFICERS FROM SEVERAL AGENCIES4@
RUSHED OUT OF GRA4@DY HOSPITAL.
DEVASTATED OVER THE LOSS OF A
DEKALB COUNTY POLICE OFFICER
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
>> TODAY WE HAD AN OFFICER THAT
HAS BEEN FATALLY SHOT AND WE ARE
VERY, VERY SAD AT THIS TIME.
THE SUSPECT HAS ALSO BEEN SHOT.
>>4@ Reporter: A LONG
SUCCESSIONAL HEADED OUT JUST
BEFORE 9:00 P.M.
HEADED TO THE
GBI HEADQUARTERS.
GBI HEADQUARTERS. >> THIS IS AWESOME THE WAY LAW
ENFORCEMENT PULLS TOGETHER.
WE'VE HAD AGENCIES4@ YOU'VE SEE.
THIS IS A TRYING TIME FOR ALL OF
US.
US.
US. WE'RE
US. WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO HAVE OUR
NEIGHBORING AGENCIES TO HAVE
THIS CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. >>
THEM. >> Reporter: AS THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY MOURNS THE
LOSS OF4@4@ THEIR BROTHER AND H,
THEY ASK ALL OF US TO PRAY.
>> WE CAN PRAY.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT.
AN OFFICER'S LIFE IS JUST AS
IMPORTANT AS ANYBODY'S LIFE AND
HIS FAMILY IS GOING TO BE
MOURNING.
MOURNING.
MOURNING. FELLOW OFFICERS ARE MOURNING.
WE HOPE THE COMMUNITY CAN MOURN
WITH US.
WITH US.
WITH US. >> THEY SAY PLEASE PRAY FOR THE@
FALLEN OFFICER'S FAMILY.
WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR AN
UPDATE ON THE