Statement on APD Investigator Shot in Henry County

ATLANTA—Mayor Andre Dickens issued the following statement following the non-life-threatening injury an APD Investigator sustained when shot in the arm in the line of duty. “Please join me in keeping our APD Investigator in your prayers as he recovers from being shot in the line of duty while serving a warrant. I spoke with him briefly and thankfully his injuries were to the arm and are not life-threatening. While authorities are still gathering details, we do know that the suspect was wanted for murder in our city—a horrible act of domestic violence that took the life of a mother of four—and this man barricaded himself in the house, shot at law enforcement and had no business having a gun in the first place. Domestic violence is a national crisis, and we must all band together and say, ‘no more.

’ Thank you to all our public safety officials who run toward danger each and every day and thank you to the professionals at Grady Hospital who give world-class care.