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Gunman shot by Norcross cop in parking lot of Waffle House

Oct. 13, 2014 Police officers working security for Fusion Event Hall on Brook Hollow Parkway called for backup early Monday in Norcross after reports of a fight. Shortly afterwards a gunman in the parking lot of a nearby Waffle House was shot by an officer. (David Tulis)

The parking lots of a Norcross Waffle House and an adjacent motel remained cordoned off early Monday as police and the GBI investigated an overnight officer-involved shooting.

Channel 2 Action News reported that the incident began around 1:30 a.m. Monday when a fight broke at the Fusion Event Hall in the 5100 block of Brook Hollow Parkway.

Two off-duty police officers working security at the hall called for backup, and as several Norcross police units arrived, a gunman in the parking lot of a nearby Waffle House fired several shots toward the Knights Inn motel next door, hitting one person.

“They could see muzzle flashes shooting in the direction of the Knights Inn,” Norcross police Chief Warren Summers told Channel 2.

An officer returned fire at the person shooting at the motel, hitting the gunman, according to Channel 2.

Police have not released the conditions of the person shot by the officer or the person allegedly shot by that gunman.

Summers said the officer who shot the suspect was placed on routine paid administrative leave.

Norcross police and GBI agents remained on the scene just before 6 a.m.

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