Off-duty Henry County officer shot at Atlanta gas station, police say

Atlanta police are investigating a shooting that left a man who told them he was a Henry County police officer injured.

Officers say the off-duty officer pulled into a gas station in the 3500 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive NW early Saturday morning before being shot.

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When the man spoke with officers at Grady Memorial Hospital around 1:30 a.m., he said there was a large group of people outside the gas station and when he exited the building, he was shot through one of the men’s driver-side doors.

He then drove himself to the hospital. There is no word on his condition.

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Details on what led up to the shooting are limited.

Investigators are still working to identify the suspect, and have not released any information on possible leads.

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