Police Catch Shootout Suspect At Stone Mountain Motel: Reports

STONE MOUNTAIN, GA — After a door-to-door manhunt Monday morning, DeKalb County police apprehended a man wanted for shooting at an officer during an overnight traffic stop, according to media reports. The man, identified as Sharif Thompson, was arrested at the Savannah Suites motel in Stone Mountain, WGCL-TV CBS46 reported. Thompson is wanted on charges in New York, and DeKalb police charged him with assault on a police officer.

The incident began at about 1:30 a.m. Monday when a police officer stopped a suspicious car in the 900 block of South Hairston Road, according to media reports.

Inside the car were Thompson and an unidentified woman, CBS46 reported.

The officer went back to his cruiser and called in the traffic stop, finding out that Thompson was wanted on active warrants in New York, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

At that point, Thompson tried to drive away before his car got stuck on a hill, a DeKalb police spokesman told the AJC. The officer ran to catch up with the car, and Thompson got out and fired a gun at the officer. The officer returned fire, and Thompson fled the scene.

Neither Thompson nor the officer was injured, CBS46 reported.

The unidentified woman was detained, and a SWAT team arrived on the scene as police closed down the are for several hours, according to media reports.

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