Story highlights A second officer was shot in the hip, but suffered no injuries

"The bullet went through -- the radio saved him," Fulton Police Chief Cassandra Jones says

Atlanta (CNN) A suburban Atlanta police officer is dead after an apparent ambush, while his colleague's life was spared by his radio.

Fulton County Police officer Terence Green, 48, was killed Wednesday in Fairburn, Georgia.

A second officer was shot in the hip, but suffered no injuries.

"It was actually his radio -- the bullet went through -- the radio saved him. It penetrated the radio," said Fulton Police Chief Cassandra Jones.

The incident occurred when police were searching a neighborhood after reports of gunfire from the home of Amanuel Menghesha, 42.

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