A man was taken to a hospital after being shot by two Douglasville police officers who were responding to a domestic disturbance Sunday evening, authorities said.
Officers were sent to a home in the 6700 block of Clark Street to investigate the call, Douglasville police said in a Facebook post. When they arrived, they found Markus Alan Taylor, 36, of Dallas, and a woman. Taylor had allegedly caused damage in the home, GBI officials said Monday afternoon.
Officers left the scene after addressing the situation, according to the GBI. Less than an hour later, they learned that Taylor was wanted on a previous family violence charge, the agency said. Officers then returned to the home to arrest him.
Police tried to take Taylor into custody. According to the GBI, Taylor did not comply with the officers’ commands, and two officers fired their guns. He was struck in the arm.
Taylor was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Upon his release, he was booked into the Douglas County Jail on two counts each of simple assault and obstruction of officers and one count of criminal trespass.
Both officers were placed on paid leave, according to the police department.
The incident is the 94th shooting involving a law enforcement officer the GBI has been asked to investigate this year. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also tracks officer-involved shootings that don’t involve the GBI, and those numbers sometimes differ from the agency’s tally.
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