Fulton County DA Investigator Accidentally Shoots Herself at Courthouse

Officials told local media that the investigator shot herself in the leg.

Media vehicles are shown outside the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Aug. 14, 2023. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced grand jury indictments in her investigation into former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies' alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

An investigator with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office in Atlanta accidentally shot herself while she was inside the county courthouse last week, officials said.

“The shooting was an accidental discharge by a Fulton County District Attorney’s Office investigator who wounded herself. She was not critically wounded,” said the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department on X on Sept. 22. The office had said it was “gathering details” on a shooting inside the courthouse, but it stressed there was no “active threat.”