(WSB Radio) -- An armed man is hospitalized in stable condition after he was shot Monday night by a Doraville police officer responding to a domestic disturbance between another man and a woman.

Doraville Police Officer Gene Callaway told WSB's Mark Alewine two officers were called to the Wind Chase Apartments on Shallowford Road around 9:30pm by a woman who said she was being threatened by a man with a knife.  Callaway said "they were let into the apartment and while inside, the doorbell on the backdoor rang."  Callaway added "the first officer opened the door and was met by a man with a pistol pointed at him. In a defensive manner the officer tried to knock the gun out of the gunmen's hand. At the same time the other officer fired two rounds into the gunmen's torso and thigh." 

Neither officer was hurt.  Both have been placed on administrative leave with pay pending an investigation by the GBI.

Doraville police are looking for the original suspect involved in the domestic call which led police to the scene.  That man has been identified as 24-year-old Juan Carmello Huerta-Garcia.  He's described as a Hispanic male, approximately 5 feet 5 inches tall, black hair, brown eyes and goatee.  The suspect was last seen wearing a silver jacket with a blue shirt under it and black pants.