Georgia soldier strong after being shot, protester killed near debatable 'Cop Metropolis' police facility website

ATLANTA - A Georgia State Patrol trooper was shot and a protester was killed during a fight near the site of the Atlanta police department's contentious "Cop City"

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The shooting happened around 9 a.m. Wednesday at some point in a "cleanup operation" on the online website, Georgia Public Safety Col

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Chris Wright said at a news conference at Grady Memorial Hospital. Investigators say regulatory enforcement officials attempted to remove a person

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He no longer responded to orders to leave and, at an unspecified time in the future, Wright testified that a protester shot and struck the soldier

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An individual, without warning, shot at a Georgia Patrol trooper,” the record said. “Other law enforcement employees fired again in self-protection

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evacuated the officer to a safe area. The character who shot at the police and shot at the police officer was killed in the exchange of fire."

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Different law enforcement officers managed to get the soldier out of the wooded region. Wright said the injured soldier was out of surgery

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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation may be investigating the deadly use of pressure and may turn its findings over to the Georgia Fashion Attorney's Office

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