3 Atlanta police officers shot, one suspect dead

An armed suspect died in Atlanta after three police officers were injured in a shooting Saturday night, authorities said.

Officers responded around 5:15 p.m. to a call about an armed individual in the 1400 block of Desoto Avenue SW, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum told reporters outside Grady Memorial Hospital.

Police encountered an individual armed with a handgun and a knife before a fight ensued.

Three police officers and the suspect were all hit by gunfire. The suspect was killed and the three police officers were each injured.

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Three police officers were injured in the shooting and are expected to survive. The suspect was killed. (FOX5 Atlanta WAGA)

The circumstances leading to these shootings remain unclear.

Two of the police officers underwent surgery. The third suffered a graze wound and is not expected to require surgery. (FOX5 Atlanta WAGA)

One police officer was shot in the shoulder while another was injured in the leg. The two police officers underwent surgery. The third officer suffered a graze wound and did not require surgery.

Officers responded to a report of an armed individual in an Atlanta neighborhood Saturday. (FOX5 Atlanta WAGA)

“They are alive and stable,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said of the injured officers, speaking to reporters. “They are alert, conscious and breathing.”

The officers were identified as two 31-year-old men, both four-year veterans of the police force, and a 28-year-old man who served for five months. Their names were not immediately released.

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The name of the suspect was not immediately released.

Police said the investigation is ongoing.

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The officer-involved shooting comes less than two weeks after four law enforcement officers were shot and killed while executing an arrest warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina.