Chamblee officer shoots armed man at motel

Covering in the hospital following a shootout with Shambly police this morning. It happened at the Motel 6 off of Shambly Tucker Road. Fox 5's Hernan Gutierrez is live near the motel. What are we knowing about or what do we know about the man's condition thus far? You know, Eric, first of all, I want to emphasize that no officers somehow were hurt in this shootout. Please tell us that that man is at Grady Hospital and is considered stable. According to last we heard from them. Now this is still somewhat of an active scene. There's still police tape up around the entrance of this motel. Police tell us that this happened at about 10 30 this morning when officers first arrived to respond to a call of a man with a gun. There's still Some officers on scene taking pictures of this scene here. Now, when an officer first arrived, they found that man and asked him to show his hands. He ignored the officer and started shooting at them. That officer shot back and hit him. He ran off but was taken into custody sometime after. Now, police did not release any information about his identity. I did speak with someone staying at the motel who says he heard shots and saw the man running away. It was just a bunch of shots that went off like at least like 17. It sounded like somebody unloaded the clip, but like so when we looked out the window, we just seen an officer running up the this hill right here. We didn't know if it was related or not. We thought it was at the Waffle House for real because it was close, but it was like a little further away. I guess he got hit in the shoulder because he was running holding his Now, there are two different investigations going on at the same time. One involves the GBI, which is standard practice after an officer shoots a gun. According to the city, the Chamblee Police Department is also conducting a criminal investigation for whatever led up to the shooting. Now, the Chamblee Police Department... says again that no officers were hurt in this shooting. All of his officers and other people involved are okay. He does expect that man, the suspect here, to receive at least aggravated assault charges for this shooting. Live in Chamblee, Hernan Gutierrez, Fox 5 News. All right, thanks so much.