The GBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting where two officers in Franklin County were shot during a traffic stop Monday evening.
The incident happened in Lavonia, which is about 93 miles northeast of Atlanta.
Two Lavonia officers initiated a traffic stop around the I-85 exit at a Zaxby’s restaurant, GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles said.
During the stop, the driver fired upon the officers, striking both.
The officers received non-life threatening injuries and were both transported to an area hospital for treatment.
The suspect is still on the loose.
No additional information was immediately available.
Prayers going out tonight to the two officers shot in Lavonia, they've been taken to Greenville
🙏🏼
— IveyTaylor (@__ivey_taylor__)
This is the second double officer-involved shooting reported Monday in Georgia.
Two Byron officers were wounded during a shooting about 2:10 a.m., during a drug raid, GBI spokesman J.T. Ricketson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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