Georgia police officer killed in shootout

By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia police officer was killed in a shootout with a suspect in suburban Atlanta early on Wednesday, authorities said. Officers went to investigate reports of shots in a suburban neighborhood and came under fire about 1:30 a.m. EST, according to the Fulton County Police Department. The officer, identified as Fulton County Detective Terence Green, was hit in the head and a suspect was wounded when police fired back, police said. Green was a father of four sons and a 22-year-veteran of the police force, a county statement said. Authorities did not immediately release additional detail on the shooting. (Reporting by David Beasley in Atlanta; Editing by David Adams, Andrew Heavens and Bill Trott)