One person was killed and two were injured, including a Fulton County sheriff’s deputy, after a suspected armed robbery in southwest Atlanta led to a shootout between the deputy and suspect, officials said.
The incident began in the Easy Rental store on Lee Street in Atlanta’s West End neighborhood at about 5 p.m. Monday, Fulton Sheriff Pat Labat told media at a news conference outside of Grady Memorial Hospital.
According to Labat, two victims ran outside of the store and flagged down the deputy, who was working an off-duty job nearby. One of the victims had been shot in what investigators believe was an attempted robbery, Labat said…