An Atlanta police officer was hit by a car when two vehicles sped away from a criminal investigation in Midtown on Friday morning, authorities said.
Another officer fired one shot into the windshield of a Chevrolet Camaro, one of the two cars believed to be involved in an early morning robbery on Spring Street, according to police spokesman Officer Steve Avery. While the officer hit by the vehicle was not hurt, it was not known if anyone inside the car was injured by the gunfire, Avery said.
Police were in the area of Spring Street and Peachtree Place taking a report from the robbery victim shortly after midnight. The victim told police a man and a woman punched her, threatened her with a gun and took her purse.
As she spoke with officers at the scene, she pointed out the suspects in a nearby parking lot. They were sitting in a black Camaro and a silver Dodge Challenger, according to Avery.
“The silver Challenger was still in the parking lot and when officers approached, the driver accelerated toward officers, striking one officer,” he said in a statement. “Another officer fired one shot into the front windshield of the Camaro and the vehicle fled.”
The drivers of the two vehicles have not been identified.
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