2 Police Officers shot in Atlanta ; 1 Suspect Dead

other officer was hit in the chest but was wearing a bulletproof vest.

"Neither of the officers have any life threatening problems," Dr. Jeffrey Salomone told reporters at Grady. "They're still being evaluated. I'm grateful to have good news to report to you."

ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) -- Two police officers were shot in the area of the 900 block of Cascade Road and Beecher.  One suspect is dead.

The officer was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital. There's no official word yet on the officer's condition.

ATLANTA -- Two Atlanta Police officers were shot in southwest Atlanta Tuesday morning; neither had life-threatening injuries. The gunman was killed in the incident.

Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington spoke to the media on Tuesday afternoon, and said the two injured officers were part of the Zone 4 Crime Suppression Unit, specifically detailed to prevent burglaries in an area recently afflicted by several of them.

According to one officer, who spoke to Chief Pennington while in the emergency room, he and his partner approached three individuals sitting outside a house on the 900 block of Cascade Road. The officer asked them to step away from the home, and also asked one man to remove his hands from his pockets. After asking three times, the gunman complied, bringing out an automatic weapon and firing it. The officers returned fire, and the gunman was killed in the exchange. That was when the officers were injured.

"We take our jobs very seriously, and that's why we train our officers to be prepared when someone pulls a gun on them," said Chief Pennington.

A physician at Grady Hospital said neither officer sustained life-threatening injuries in the shooting. One had an entrance wound to his face, with the bullet lodged behind his ear. He was scheduled for further evaluation, but it appeared that there were no brain-related issues with the injury.

The other officer was shot in the left front chest, but as he was wearing his bulletproof vest at the time, he escaped with only a bruise.

Pennington said he would be unable to release the officers' names until their families were notified

ATLANTA -- Two Atlanta police officers were shot and wounded, according to a department representative, after an altercation with three individuals.

Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington said the officers approached three individuals sitting in front of a house in the 900 block of Cascade Road in southwest Atlanta just before 11 a.m.

Pennington said one of the individuals had his hands in his pocket, pulled out an automatic weapon and opened fire. Pennington said the officers fired back.

Pennington said one officer was shot in the neck; the other was shot in a protective vest. Pennington said the three perpetrators were shot. One of them later died.

At least two people were taken away from the crime scene in handcuffs.

The officers were transported to Grady Hospital, where their conditions are not said to be life-threatening, said Pennington.

Pennington said the officers were part of zone four's crime suppression unit, which has been working to fight burglaries in the area.

Georgia State Patrol officers assisted at the scene and helped secure the route to Grady hospital.