MORROW, Ga. — A Morrow police officer was shot while responding to a fight at a Mexican restaurant on Wednesday night.
It all started around 9:45 p.m. in the parking lot of Las Trojas Cantina Mexican Restaurant on Mount Zion Road near Southlake Parkway, about 16 miles south of downtown Atlanta. Officers were called to the area for a reported fight and found a crowd gathered outside the restaurant.
According to police, during the response, a suspect, later identified as 26-year-old Keon Christian, pulled a gun and fired into the general area, hitting one of the responding officers.
The officer shot, Officer Myron Bell, was wearing a bulletproof vest and was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital. According to officials, he is expected to recover.
A witness, who wished to remain anonymous, described the chaotic scene:
“The officer comes on the side to go after him, and at that point, the officer pulls out his taser and puts his taser on. All I see is a green beam, and the dude turns around and shoots the officer. He shoots about three rounds. The officer goes down, and everybody started running.”
After the initial shooting, Christian fled the scene and was confronted by a second officer at a nearby business. The second officer who shot the suspect was also taken to Grady Memorial Hospital but has since been released.
Christian has been charged with aggravated assault on a peace officer and criminal attempt to commit murder.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) agents are investigating the incident.
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