A police officer and two civilians were killed in a shootout in Rex, Georgia, United States, Clayton County authorities said on Wednesday (1). The suspect was also killed.
“Two women, the policeman and a suspect, died,” Clayton County Police Chief Kevin Roberts told a news conference.
The Clayton County Police Department got a call around 8:40 pm on Tuesday (30) about gunshots being fired from a car, and that call was followed by another call about a woman “lying motionless in the backyard.” said the department.
Authorities then received a third call, indicating that a young man had been shot at another location. “The police arrived at the scene trying to locate the minor and help the female victim in the front yard of the house.
While trying to locate the juvenile victim and provide assistance, the police were hit by gunfire,” the police department said.
A suspect was killed during an exchange of fire with police, the department said.
The police department identified Clayton County Field Training Officer Henry Laxson as one of the dead. A second Clayton County official, identified as Alex Chandler, was shot in the hand.
A young man is in critical but stable condition. The names of the other victims will not be released until close relatives are contacted, the police department said. The shooting remains under investigation.
Rex is located about 20 miles southeast of Atlanta.
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Reference: CNN Brasil
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