SWAT Shootout in Atlanta Suburb Kills Man and Wounds Officer

SWAT Shootout in Atlanta Suburb Kills Man and Wounds Officer
State of Georgia SWAT Team members in a file photo. Scott Cunningham/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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ROSWELL, Ga.—A bulletproof vest saved a SWAT police officer’s life just before he returned fire and killed a fleeing man Friday in an Atlanta suburb, the police chief said.

A SWAT team in Roswell was serving arrest and search warrants when a man ran out the back of a house and encountered an officer, said Police Chief James Conroy at a news conference. The fleeing man fired a handgun, twice striking the officer in the chest, before the officer shot back and killed the man, Conroy said.