A man was shot by a Chamblee police officer Thursday morning while fleeing from a traffic stop in DeKalb County, officials said.
Chamblee police had been looking for a stolen Jeep Compass, which officers found around 7:45 a.m. in a Walgreens parking lot in the 5300 block of Peachtree Boulevard, according to the GBI.
Officers approached the driver, identified as 24-year-old Quincy Kinard, who allegedly tried to drive away in the stolen SUV, the state agency said.
“As he was fleeing, a CPD officer shot at Kinard, hitting and injuring him,” the GBI stated.
Kinard was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and is said to be stable, according to police. No officers were injured during the incident.
The GBI will conduct a probe into the shooting and those findings will be turned over to the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.
Thursday’s incident was the 103rd officer-involved shooting the state agency has been asked to investigate in 2023. At this point last year, the GBI had opened investigations into 112 such cases.
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