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Decatur, GA (WGCL) — DeKalb County Police have identified an officer fatally shot to death during a routine traffic stop on Thursday.
According to police dispatch, the officer was shot in the head at I-20 and Candler Road while conducting a traffic stop. Police identified the officer as 24 year-old Edgar Isidro Flores, who had been with the police force approximately a year and a half.
During the traffic stop, the suspect got out of vehicle and fled the scene. Officer Flores followed pursuit and was then shot by the suspect.
Responding officers located the suspect where he was hiding behind a store. The suspect then shot a police K9. Other officers returned fire, killing the suspect. The K9 was critically injured.
“The suspect had a handgun, shot the police K-9. The police K-9 has been transported to an area vet. He’s in critical condition, but being treated,” DeKalb County PD Chief James Conroy told CBS46 News. “Several officers returned fire. The suspect received several gunshot wounds, was transported to an area hospital where he also died as a result of his injuries.”
Flores had been on the force since being hired in May of 2017.
The identity of the suspect has yet to be released.
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