The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is heading an investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Sandy Springs on Tuesday afternoon.
Benjamin Wright, 27, of Sandy Springs, was hit, sustaining minor injuries, according to the GBI. No officers were injured, according to a press release by the GBI.
Preliminary reports show that at approximately 3:30 p.m., Sandy Springs Police officers were near the Victoria Heights apartments at 7600 Roswell Road, conducting a drug investigation.
Officers knocked on the door of an apartment and the suspect stepped out wearing an armored vest and holding a handgun, pointing it at officers, the GBI reported. Two officers fired at the suspect, who then went back into the apartment.
Officers called for Wright to come out. When he came out of the apartment, he was accompanied by a woman. She also was detained.
Officers at first did not believe Wright had been shot and continued their investigation. Once they realized they had hit Wright in the vest, they called GBI to investigate.
Sandy Springs Police officers were attempting to serve active warrants on Wright, who was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
The GBI will conduct an independent investigation. Once complete, it will be given to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office for review, according to the release.
This is the 55th officer-involved shooting the GBI has been asked to investigate in 2023.