A homeowner and an officer were injured, and a dog was killed, after Georgia police responded to a burglary call on Monday night at the wrong house.
DeKalb County police were called to the house after receiving a call about a suspicious person in the neighborhood, but they did not receive a numeric address from the caller. Instead, they had only a description of the house to go by.
Officers found a house that matched the description and entered the backyard, where they saw that the back door was unlocked. After they went inside, gunfire erupted, though the cause of the gunfire is as yet unknown.
“It was determined that a dog was shot and killed inside the residence,” DeKalb County Director of Public Safety Cedric Alexander said. “A DeKalb County officer was shot as well.”
The officer was shot in the thigh, and the homeowner was injured as well.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out the homeowner,” Alexander said. “And our thoughts and prayers go out to the officer who suffered a severe, critical injury here tonight and lost a lot of blood. We just hope both of them recover well.”
All three officers who responded to the incident have been placed on administrative leave until an investigation is completed.