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An off-duty detective from the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office in Georgia was shot Friday while driving in the town of Dacula.
According to Gwinnett County Police Sgt. Michele Pihera, officers responded around 6 p.m. Friday to a call from the investigator who said he had been shot by another driver near the intersection of Auburn Road and Old Fountain Road. After the shooting, the suspect continued across the Auburn Road intersection toward Dacula Road.
The detective stopped at a nearby gas station and alerted police over his radio that he had been shot in the leg. The investigator was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The detective stopped at a nearby gas station and alerted police over his radio that he had been shot in the leg. (Gwinnett County Police Department)
Police said multiple law enforcement agencies in metropolitan Atlanta are looking for a silver SUV with damage to the rear passenger side of the vehicle. Nearby roads were closed while dozens of officers investigated the incident.
It is unclear what prompted the shooting. Investigators with the district attorney’s office are driving unmarked vehicles, so there were no obvious signs he worked for law enforcement, police said.
“It doesn’t appear at this time that the detective was involved in any police-related investigation. He was just driving down the road when he was shot at by the gunman,” Pihera said at a news conference, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
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An off-duty detective from the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office in Georgia was shot Friday while driving in the town of Dacula. (Gwinnett County Police Department)
The police are still investigating whether this incident was a targeted shooting, road rage or another motive. The investigator was at the hospital and officers went to businesses looking for any surveillance video of the incident or vehicle.
The Gwinnett County District Attorney uses detectives to follow up on leads after police turn cases over to prosecution.
Police said multiple law enforcement agencies in metropolitan Atlanta are looking for a silver SUV with damage to the rear passenger side of the vehicle. (Gwinnett County Police Department)
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“We need families to stay intact and whoever did this, at this point we will bring you to justice,” said Gwinnett County District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson.
Detectives are sworn law enforcement officers.
