ATLANTA, GA — Two officers were injured, one critically, when they engaged in a shootout with a man who was jaywalking near a budget motel on Friday morning.

Around 11:40 a.m., Fulton County police officers responded to a call about a suspicious person near the Budgetel Inn and Suites on Fulton Industrial Boulevard near MLK Jr. Drive SW and requested assistance from South Fulton police.

South Fulton Police Chief Keith Meadows confirmed that the suspect opened fire on Lt. Charles Cook from the South Fulton police force as soon as he arrived on the scene and exited his patrol car.

Cook was shot three times and is currently in critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital.

The Fulton County police officer sustained minor injuries and commented he didn’t know if he would have survived had Lt. Cook not been there.

The suspect, who is still unidentified, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Georgia State Patrol, several police departments and fire departments are also on the scene. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has also been contacted to assist in the investigation.

A portion of Interstate 20 near Fulton Industrial Boulevard has also been blocked.

Earlier this week, the South Fulton Police Department lost one of its officers. Lt. Helio Garcia was killed in a head-on collision in the line of duty when another driver veered into his lane and hit him.

Garcia was the city of South Fulton’s first law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty.

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