Two police officers were injured Thursday afternoon while trying to arrest an armed man inside an East Point post office, authorities said.
The officers responded to the post office on East Point Street about 3:15 p.m. after receiving a call about a possible fraud case, department spokesman Capt. Allyn Glover said.
While speaking with the suspect in the lobby, the officer noticed the man had a pistol in his waistband, according to police.
“The male then became combative and began fighting with officers,” Glover said in an emailed statement. “During the scuffle, all three went through a plate glass window in the lobby of the post office.”
The injured officers were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with cuts from the glass, police said. The suspect was able to get away, however, and was last seen running toward the East Point MARTA station.
The incident remains under investigation and anyone with information on the man’s whereabouts is asked to call East Point police at 404-761-2177.
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