Three DeKalb County police officers were sent to an Atlanta-area apartment complex on Sunday evening to handle a domestic call. Shortly after they started talking with the man at the center of it, two of those officers had been shot, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The man accused of firing at them, 26-year-old Demontavious Soho of Atlanta, was wounded when an officer returned fire.
The GBI says the shooting happened at about 6:19 p.m. at an apartment complex at 2000 Bouldercrest Road. Three DeKalb County Police Department officers had responded to a reported domestic incident between Soho and another person, and they found him inside a unit in the complex’s M Building. The officers began speaking with him, and the GBI has described these details as preliminary.
Not long after the conversation began, Soho allegedly drew a handgun and opened fire on the officers, hitting two of them. One officer fired back, striking Soho at least once, but he managed to run from the scene. Atlanta Police Department officers later found him and took him into custody, the GBI said. The DeKalb department then asked the state agency to investigate the shooting.
Both officers are stable, and the suspect is expected to be booked once he leaves the hospital
The two wounded officers were taken to a local hospital, where they are listed in stable condition. Their names have not been released. Soho was also taken to the hospital for treatment of his gunshot wound and remains in custody there. Once he is released, he is expected to be booked into the DeKalb County Jail on a charge of aggravated assault against a peace officer, according to the GBI.
DeKalb County Police Chief Greg Padrick told reporters on Sunday night that Soho fired on the officers when they encountered him at the door. The chief credited nearby camera systems with helping officers track the suspect down so quickly after he ran into a wooded area. However, the GBI’s account notes only that Atlanta officers located and arrested him, without describing how he was found…