Armed College Park man shot by police after fighting his girlfriend: GBI

ATLANTA - A man accused of exchanging gunfire with an Atlanta police officer after a fight with his girlfriend was taken to the hospital Saturday night.

It happened just before 7:30 p.m. at the Trace apartment complex located at 782 Peachtree Street NE, according to the Atlanta Police Department.

The girlfriend called the police and told them she had been in a physical fight with her boyfriend, 24-year-old Tabiaus Sheely of College Park. She requested the police to make him leave her apartment.

The responding officers told the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) that the girlfriend had bruises on her chest and head. Sheely had already left the building. When police found him near the entrance, they said he ran away, then pulled out a gun and shot at the officer.

The officer fired back, hitting Sheely in the arm, according to the GBI.

He was taken to the hospital where he was treated for the non-life-threatening injury, then taken into custody.

The officer involved in the shooting was unharmed.

The GBI was called to investigate the shooting, as is standard protocol anytime an officer in the state of Georgia discharges a weapon.