MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) - State police in Georgia are investigating a shooting involving a local officer southeast of Atlanta that injured one man.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Nelly Miles said in a Twitter message that the shooting happened in Henry County early Monday.
News outlets reported the shooting occurred around 2:30 a.m. in a parking lot at the Tailgaters sports bar near McDonough.
Henry County Police Capt. Joey Smith said there was a fight in the parking lot and officers intervened. Smith said the man who was shot was taken to a hospital. That person’s name has not been released. There was no word on his condition.
No officers were hurt.
Miles said she expected to have more details later Monday morning.
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