Georgia Bureau of Investigation to probe Atlanta food court shooting

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday evening that it was responding to a request from the Atlanta Police Department to investigate following a police-involved shooting at an Atlanta mall earlier in the day.

Jeremy Malone, 34, who the GBI identified as a suspect, went to the Peachtree Center Mall in Atlanta, Georgia around 2:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Inside the mall, he “got into an altercation with a man, and Malone pulled out a gun and shot him,” the GBI alleged.

The suspect also shot and injured two other people in the food court, police and the GBI said.

As people fled to safety, an off-duty Atlanta police officer confronted the armed suspect and shot him, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said.

All three victims and the suspect were treated at local hospitals. The victims were reported to be in stable condition and receiving treatment, the GBI said Tuesday evening.

The victims were identified as a 47-year-old man, a 69-year-old woman and a 70-year-old woman, police said.

Malone has since been released from custody and placed in the custody of Atlanta police, officials said.

The suspect’s handgun was recovered, police said.

The suspect served time in prison for armed robbery, Schierbaum said.

“This is an individual who should never have owned a gun,” Schierbaum said.