Suspect in custody after Sandy Springs officer’s thumb grazed by bullet
A man was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon following a standoff at a Sandy Springs home that left an officer grazed in the thumb by a bullet, officials said.
The suspect and the officer were taken to a hospital, authorities said. The officer is expected to be OK. Officials did not confirm if the suspect had been struck by gunfire, but officers did return fire.
Authorities could not say for certain that the bullet that grazed the officer was fired by the suspect, whose name has not been released.
Police flocked to the residence on Carroll Manor Drive off North River Parkway around 11:15 a.m., Sandy Springs police spokesperson officer Jarrell Greene told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the scene. The Carroll Manor neighborhood is a collection of two-story townhome duplexes sandwiched between Roswell Road and Ga. 400 and near Sandy Springs Middle School.
Officers were called to the home about a report of shots being fired inside. No one else was in the house, police said.
When officers arrived, they “went to make contact with the subject inside of the house and were met with gunfire,” Greene said.
The suspect then barricaded himself inside the home and eventually surrendered after some negotiating, Greene said. Authorities have not said what charges he could face.
Shortly before 2 p.m., some law enforcement officers began leaving the area, which remained relatively quiet from the outskirts of the neighborhood. Even with the situation resolved, Greene said officers and investigators would remain in the area until late Tuesday collecting evidence and blocking access to certain parts of the neighborhood.
The GBI said it was requested by the department to assist with the investigation. Additional details have not been released.
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