Two men were involved in an apparent attempt to rob the officer in the 100 block of John Wesley Dobbs Avenue in northeast Atlanta, Atlanta police spokesman Jarius Daugherty told AJC.com.

South Fulton Police Chief Keith Meadows told Channel 2 Action News that officers were heading to their private vehicles when one officer got involved in a physical altercation after they were approached by the two men in the incident, while the other grabbed his service weapon in the exchange of gunfire.