One person was in critical condition and an alleged gunman was in custody following a shooting Wednesday afternoon in DeKalb County.

A DeKalb police officer also was fired upon, but the bullet apparently struck his gun belt and he was not injured, police told Channel 2 Action News.

The shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. at Gulf American Inns on Flat Shoals Road near Decatur, according to police.

After finding a shooting victim in the parking lot, officers chased a man with a gun, who was later taken into custody, police said. The victim was taken to an area hospital.

The names of those involved were not released.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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