Authorities told Patch the sound of gunfire near a DeKalb County school was actually flash-bangs used during the search for a suspect.
GA prosecutors told Patch they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of killing an officer and injuring another in a shooting.
A child's brother was attempting to put a gun away when it went off, shooting the child in the next room at a DeKalb home, police say.
The man, accused in the suspected assault of a Home Depot worker, is also accused of neglecting to register as a sex offender.
Gunfire erupted when two Gwinnett County officers were responding to a fraud call, injuring one of them and killing the other, police say.
A GA police officer who was shot to death while responding to a call always wanted to be in law enforcement, his loved ones told reporters.
Two officers were shot while responding to a fraud call at a Gwinnett County hotel, and one of them has died, police said.
One of the firefighters suffered shoulder and back burns while another firefighter suffered injuries to their wrist, media reports say.
DeKalb County authorities say two people were arrested after two innocent bystanders were injured in a shooting at a local grocery store.
Karen Bennett, D-Stone Mountain​, resigned from her post merely days before she was charged in Georgia, media reports say.
The boy was riding in a car with his father when a dispute between several people escalated to gunfire at a nearby gas station, police say.
A man refused verbal commands to move away from a handgun when he was injured in a police shooting, Georgia authorities say.
A 21-year-old offensive lineman is killed during a fire at a metro Atlanta home, his family and fire officials told reporters.
DeKalb Police say two people are accused of trying to rob a man at a gas station, leading to a shooting that killed one of the suspects.
Police say a double shooting that appeared to be a murder-suicide was actually a double murder that killed a young girl and a woman.
A man was injured in a shooting that killed a young girl and a woman in Stone Mountain, police say.
Three firefighters were en route to a call when their fire truck crashed, injuring all on board.
A man faces aggravated assault charges related to incidents against a domestic partner, DeKalb authorities said.
When officers responded to a person being held against their will, police say they exchanged gunfire with the suspect in Lithonia.
A shootout broke out when police say a 19-year-old man tried to rob another man at a DeKalb County gas station.
Troopers say they were chasing a stolen vehicle when it crossed lanes and caused multiple crashes, which included GSP hitting a car.
Ecstasy, cocaine and fentanyl were among a series of drugs seized recently in DeKalb County.
Police said when they arrived, they found the woman dead from apparent stab wounds, and her daughter is being charged in her death.
The man was shot and injured while being placed under arrest during a traffic stop in Stone Mountain.
Prosecutors say they are moving forward with re-charging an ex-DeKalb County officer accused of fatally shooting a man during a call.
"We lost an elite firefighter and a brother," DeKalb County Fire Chief Darnell Fullum said of a firefighter killed in the line of duty.
Officials say the DeKalb County road is closed to through traffic, and people are asked to avoid the area.
A man is facing murder charges in DeKalb and Fulton counties after another man, who was fatally shot, was found dead in a burning car.
Police have identified the two people killed in a domestic-related shooting in Stone Mountain.
The man was convicted of forcing a woman into a wood line and raping her at knifepoint behind a DeKalb County apartment complex.
A hiker found the burnt body in an area not normally visited by Stone Mountain Park guests, police told media outlets.
Police say a male left his home with a gunshot wound, dying outside, after a suspect entered his home with an assault rifle.
Police said a 48-year-old man was fatally shot during a domestic dispute in Stone Mountain.
A man, convicted of being apart of a "three-man robbing crew," was sentenced after an attempted robbery led to another man's shooting death.
A suspect was detained after a domestic dispute escalated to a shooting that killed a man Monday.
DeKalb County Police are working to bring the suspected organizer of a recent massive street-racing gathering into custody.
A man fatally shot his pregnant girlfriend in the head, leading their baby to die four months later, metro Atlanta prosecutors say.
A man was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the deadly DeKalb County shooting, police say.
The shooting happened during a dispute between a woman and a man who was previously involved in a relationship, DeKalb Police say.
A driver trying to pass traffic in the middle of the road hit two cars, one of them being a DeKalb County patrol car, police say.
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