Three police officers were shot and the suspect was killed in a shooting in Atlanta

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Three Atlanta police officers were injured when they were shot by an armed suspect in a shootout Saturday evening.

All three officers survived and are “alive and stable,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said. “They are alert, conscious and breathing.”

According to Fox5, the suspect, who has not yet been identified, was killed in the shootout.

The shooting occurred when police responded to a call of an armed person on Desoto Avenue in the Capitol View neighborhood of southwest Atlanta around 5:15 p.m. Saturday evening, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said in a news conference.

Officers encountered a person armed with a pistol and a knife. After an argument, all three officers and the suspect were hit by gunfire. It is unclear who fired the first shots.

Chief Schierbaum said one of the officers was shot in the shoulder and another was shot in the leg. The third officer was struck by a bullet and did not require surgery, he said.

According to Fox5, the officers, who appeared to be two 31-year-olds and a 28-year-old, were at Grady Memorial Hospital. Their names have not yet been released.

Mayor Dickens released a statement regarding the situation:

“I am devastated that we are once again in a place where three of our APD officers were injured by senseless gun violence. My thoughts are with these officers and their families, and we are cooperating fully with this ongoing investigation. Thank you to the surgeons and staff at Grady Hospital who ensured our officers survived.”

The investigation into the shooting involving police is ongoing.

It comes less than two weeks after four police officers were shot while serving an arrest warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina.