2 officers shot near Atlanta

Both expected to survive

Crime scene tape blocks of the area of an apartment complex where authorities say two police officers were shot, leading to a neighborhood search for the suspected gunman in Decatur. DeKalb County police Capt. Stephen Fore says both officers suffered what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries.

APTOPIX Police Office Ledb — Crime scene tape blocks of the area of an apartment complex where authorities say two police officers were shot, leading to a neighborhood search for the suspected gunman in Decatur. DeKalb County police Capt. Stephen Fore says both officers suffered what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries.

DECATUR, Ga. — Two men accused of invading a home outside Atlanta opened fire on two police officers with an AK-47 assault rifle Friday morning, causing a gunbattle that left four people injured and a lengthy manhunt by heavily armed authorities. DeKalb County police officers Tony Luong and Devon Perry were sent to an apartment complex — described by officials and neighbors as prone to crime and gunfire — near the interstate around 6:45 a.m. to investigate a reported home invasion. The officers had barely gotten out of their cars when two suspects left an apartment and opened fire, police said.

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