A man is hospitalized after being shot by a Chamblee police officer during an exchange of gunfire at a Motel 6, according to police.
In a Saturday update, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the man as Jorge Alberto Hernandez Mata, 27, of Honduras. No officers were injured.
The shooting happened Saturday at the Motel 6 on Chamblee Tucker Road. A Channel 2 Action News photographer captured a heavy police presence along Chestnut Drive and DeKalb Technology Parkway.
Chamblee police said officers were responding to a call about a man with a gun when they arrived and found the man firing several rounds at an officer inside the motel.
The officer returned fire, hitting the man, police said.
The man then ran away but was taken into custody shortly afterward in the area of an access road near the motel.
He was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he is stable.
The officer was not injured.
The GBI confirmed to Channel 2 Action News it is investigating the shooting.
The investigation remains ongoing.
