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July 15, 2008

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Ga. shootout kills suspect, wounds 2 cops


The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Atlanta police say a burglary suspect is dead and two police officers are wounded after a shootout.

Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington says the officers do not have life-threatening injuries from the Tuesday morning incident.

One officer was shot in the neck and the other was bruised on his chest when a bullet struck his bulletproof vest.

Pennington says the officers were assigned to a unit aimed at reducing burglaries in the southwest Atlanta neighborhood.

They approached three burglary suspects in front of a home and one suspect fired an automatic weapon at them. The officers returned fire, killing one.

Police did not identify the officers and suspects.

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