EUHARLEE, Ga. (AP) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is probing the death of a teen who was fatally shot by a police officer in Bartow County.
GBI spokeswoman Sherry Lang told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (https://bit.ly/1frr9QQ ) that two Euharlee police officers were serving two probation violation warrants Friday night when a 17-year-old boy opened the door with a gun pointed at them.
Lang says the teen was shot once and the second officer called for medical assistance.
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Lang says the case will be handed over to a district attorney when the GBI’s investigation is complete.
Euharlee is about 50 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta.
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Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, https://www.ajc.com
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