PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — A community is in shock after at least one deputy and a resident were shot on Saturday night in a Paulding County neighborhood.
A suspect is barricaded inside of a home in Hiram as law enforcement is working to get him out.
But for one resident, he can't get back to his family, his wife and children, who are at a home inside the neighborhood that is blocked off by a massive amount of law enforcement. He said he went out to grab some food, and now he can't get back home.
"When I was leaving, we had two undercover cops flying in. By the time I came back, probably six (or) seven minutes ... they blocked it off, told everybody in the neighborhood to wait around," resident Jonathan Clery said.
He said that he heard the shooting involved a law enforcement officer, which the Paulding County Sheriff's Office confirmed to 11Alive was one deputy shot. A source told 11Alive a second deputy had also been shot at the home.
"I have a newborn and a wife at home. I just told her to lock all the doors and stay away from the windows," Clery said. "Definitely worried. I wish I was there to protect them myself."
The deputies and a resident were shot in Hiram, which is about 27 miles west of Atlanta. The shooting happened on Virgie Ballentine Drive, which is on the same road as Hiram High School. A massive police presence can be seen in the area of where shots were fired.
It's not clear at this time what the condition of either deputy or the person is or what led up to the shooting.
