State law officers on Thursday identified the man who they say opened fire on two Atlanta police officers, hitting one of them in the face, when their elevator opened in an apartment building where they were responding to a previous shooting.
Joseph Lee Humbles, 29, of Atlanta was killed when the officers returned fire Wednesday afternoon in the city’s Midtown area in an attack the city’s mayor described as an ambush on the officers.
The wounded officer was in stable condition at a hospital, Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said. The chief says he visited with the officer, who was sedated but able to speak with him and others. The officers’ names weren’t immediately released.
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