A bulletproof vest saved a SWAT police officer’s life just before he returned fire and killed a fleeing man Friday in an Atlanta suburb, the police chief said.
A SWAT team in Roswell was serving arrest and search warrants when a man ran out the back of a house and encountered an officer, said Police Chief James Conroy at a news conference. The fleeing man fired a handgun, twice striking the officer in the chest, before the officer shot back and killed the man, Conroy said.
The chief said the officer was hit by shrapnel but protected from more serious wounds by his bulletproof vest.
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