A Georgia state trooper was shot and wounded Wednesday morning near the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, a controversial future law enforcement training site, officials said. The alleged shooter was shot and killed by police.
At approximately 9:00 a.m., during a planned multi-agency operation to remove protesters from the property, which has been nicknamed"Cop City" by protesters, an individual shot at law enforcement without warning, said Michael Register, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, in a press conference. The officer, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was hit in the stomach above the pelvic area, officials said. Police returned fire and the alleged shooter was killed, police said.
"These are not acts of peaceful protest. These are criminal acts to destabilize communities and endanger citizens," Register said. Activist groups such as Defend the Atlanta Forest have since cropped up and are attempting to prevent the facility's construction. The group said Wednesday on Twitter that police had killed a"forest defender today, someone who loved the forest, someone who fought to protect the earth & its inhabitants."
For months, police have been sending officers to the site due to the high"threat of safety," Register said.
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