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Man critically injured in DeKalb officer-involved shooting after domestic call

A DeKalb County officer shot a man during a domestic call Tuesday morning near North Hairston Road, police said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating; a woman and child were safely removed from the scene.

Man critically injured in DeKalb officer-involved shooting after domestic call
A DeKalb County police officer shot a man during a domestic call Tuesday morning in unincorporated Stone Mountain, leaving him in critical condition, according to police. Officers were dispatched around 8 a.m. to Central Drive near North Hairston Road after a report that a man was holding a woman and a child at gunpoint, the department said. Police said the man did not drop the weapon, and an officer fired. The man, whose identity was not released, was taken to a hospital. The woman and child were safely removed, and no one else was injured, police said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been asked to investigate the shooting, as is standard in cases involving police gunfire. No further details about the encounter were immediately available.

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