ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A Metro Atlanta police officer was hospitalized after being stabbed Saturday, according to the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said the stabbing happened after a hit and run on I-20 near Panola Road around 6 p.m. Justin Penny Hurst, 36, hit a Chevy Silverado driven by the off-duty officer. The officer then followed Hurst into a parking lot on Wall Street in Conyers. The two got into a verbal altercation, according to deputies, at which point Hurst stabbed the officer and escaped.
The officer was hospitalized. Rockdale deputies did not say which police force the officer was from…