{"id":1402801,"date":"2026-02-02T07:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/?p=1402801&preview=true&preview_id=1402801"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:27:00","slug":"police-officer-killed-another-seriously-wounded-in-hotel-room-shootout-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/02\/police-officer-killed-another-seriously-wounded-in-hotel-room-shootout-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officer killed, another seriously wounded in hotel room shootout in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) \u2014 A man being questioned by police at a suburban Atlanta hotel on Sunday shot the two officers after inviting them into his room, killing one of them and seriously wounding the other, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The shooting suspect also was shot by one of the officers and was undergoing medical treatment and expected to survive, Gwinnett County Police Chief J.D. McClure said during a news conference.<\/p>\n

The shootout happened Sunday morning near Stone Mountain, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northeast of Atlanta. The officers were dispatched to the hotel after a caller in another state reported someone had fraudulently used their credit card there, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. The agency said the front desk clerk directed the officers to the room of the person who had used the credit card.<\/p>\n

McClure said the suspect greeted the officers at the door to his room and invited them inside.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey began discussing the scenario or the incident with him,\u201d McClure said. \u201cAnd at some point the suspect produced a handgun and, in an unprovoked attack, fired at our Gwinnett County police officers.\u201d<\/p>\n