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Man with knives running through neighborhood, threatening people shot by citizen, police say

Officers with the Gainesville Police Department responded to an "abnormal behavior" call around 7:30 a.m. off Shades Valley Lane.

HALL COUNTY, Ga. — A citizen shot a knife-wielding man in a Gainesville neighborhood Monday morning, police said

Officers with the Gainesville Police Department responded to an "abnormal behavior" call around 7:30 a.m. off Shades Valley Lane.

The caller told officers that a man armed with knives was running in the area, causing damage and threatening people.

Police said before they arrived on scene, the man threatened two female paramedics loading a patient. That's when a "citizen shot the subject multiple times."

The man was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in critical condition. Two other minor injuries were reported in the incident, police said.

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