2 Georgia police officers shot responding to gun store burglary, suspect dead [Video]

Two Georgia police officers were injured during a shootout with a suspected gun store burglar just after midnight Saturday morning.

Smyrna and Cobb County police responded to a 911 call at 12:16 a.m. regarding a burglary at the Adventure Outdoors gun store along South Cobb Drive, Smyrna Police Department Chief Keith Zgonc said during an early morning press conference. The expansive 80,000 square foot store and range is about 13 miles northwest of Downtown Atlanta.

When officers arrived, they encountered an armed gunman that was inside the store at the time, Zgonc said. Gunfire erupted between the gunman and officers on scene.

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