Crime & Safety
News Nearby: Atlanta Police Officer Shot in Face at Edgewood Court Apartments
At the time the officer was in serious condition, let's pray he makes it through.
written by Péralte Paul (Editor)
Latest Update as of Sunday morning: Officer Kim Jones says, "Officer Christopher L. Smith has been released from Grady Hospital. At this time, no arrest have been made involving this incident."
Original Report - An Atlanta police officer was hospitalized Saturday after being shot in the face and leg at the Edgewood Court Apartments in what investigators say was an ambush attack.
The officer, who was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in serious condition, was working off-duty at the complex at 1572 Hardee St NE, when shot by a person carrying a gun at about 10 p.m.
The Atlanta Police Homicide Unit is investigating.
The Edgewood Court Apartments have long been a source of complaints from surrounding residents and linked to various crime incidents.
Among them:
- In May, following an incident of alleged police brutality during an arrest, two officers' cars were pelted by bricks when they tried to drive through a scheduled demonstration.
- In 2010, a cab driver taking a passenger to the complex, was pistol-whipped and robbed by three men laying in wait when he arrived.
- Also in 2010, a man was gunned down behind the complex.
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