A 15-year-old boy was critically shot by a police officer outside a Georgia amusement park over the weekend when police say they were fired upon while assisting with crowd control, state officials said.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) reported the exchange of gunfire took place Saturday as Cobb County Police Department officers responded to Six Flags Over Georgia after several fights broke out between patrons leaving the park.
The park is in the city of Austell and part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.
At some point, the GBI reported, multiple people began shooting, hitting an unoccupied marked police patrol car.
“As officers identified where the shots were coming from, they ran after people who had run into the woods.” the GBI wrote in a press release.
Officer shoots 15-year-old-boy
During the incident, one police officer fired his weapon, striking a 15-year-old boy, according to the GBI.
The minor was taken to a hospital in critical condition to be treated for his injuries.
Police reported they recovered a handgun near the teen.
The boy’s condition was not immediately known on Monday.
USA TODAY has reached out to the park which, according to its website, was closed on Monday.
No other injurers reported in Six Flags shooting
No officers were hurt in the incident and, as of Monday, no other injuries had been reported by law enforcement.
Cobb County police spokesperson Aaron Wilson directed all questions to the GBI regarding the shooting investigation.
Neither the police department nor the GBI have released the name of the officer who opened fire.
The GBI said its agency will conduct an independent investigation and hand over its findings to the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office for review.
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A boy is shot by the police heh. That’s your headline? “Teenager that wants to be a criminal, illegally carrying a gun, shoots at the police and is shot as they return fire.” That is what the headline should be, but you know it will be twisted. They will show this dude’s school photo from 5th grade. So innocent.
You don’t know all the facts. Hold judgment until they are all in.