Update: 2/11/16
The deceased officer has been identified as Riverdale Police Major Greg Barney. You can read additional details and view his ODMP Memorial here.
A Riverdale (GA) police officer is the latest line of duty death that has rocked the profession in the last week.
The officer has not yet been identified but he was shot after responding to an apartment complex in Riverdale on Thursday. Authorities have stated that a group of officers were serving a “no knock” warrant at the apartment complex.
The officer was transported to Southern Regional Medical Center in critical condition, taken into surgery and later died from his injuries.
Clayton County Police Chief Michael Register said this “is a loss for everybody.”
The suspect was also shot and taken to Atlanta Medical Center, also in critical condition, Vasquez said.
This is the sixth officer gunned down in six days by suspects.
You can read our Editor’s Note on the recent violence here.