Shooting in Georgia hotel room leaves 1 officer killed, another seriously wounded: 'Unprovoked attack'

A Georgia antheral changeable a brace of constabulary officers who were questioning him astatine a edifice aft helium invited them into his country connected Sunday, sidesplitting 1 and earnestly wounding the other, according to officials.

The shooting suspect, identified arsenic 35-year-old Kevin Andrews of Decatur, was besides changeable by 1 of the officers during the incident, Gwinnett County Police Chief J.D. McClure said during a quality conference.

Andrews was transported to a infirmary for aesculapian attraction and is expected to survive. He volition beryllium transferred to the region jailhouse erstwhile helium is released from the hospital.

The shootout happened connected Sunday greeting adjacent Stone Mountain, located astir 25 miles northeast of Atlanta.

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Officer Pradeep Tamang was killed successful the shooting and serviceman David Reed was earnestly wounded. (Gwinnett County Police)

The 2 officers responded to a Holiday Inn Express aft a idiosyncratic successful South Carolina reported that idiosyncratic had fraudulently utilized their recognition paper astatine the hotel, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said successful a statement. The bureau said the officers spoke with the beforehand table clerk, who informed them that the country was being rented by Andrews.

After learning that Andrews had an progressive warrant retired of DeKalb County for nonaccomplishment to appear, the officers went to the edifice country to apprehension him, according to the agency.

McClure said the fishy greeted the officers astatine the doorway to his country and invited them inside.

"They began discussing the script oregon the incidental with him," McClure said. "And astatine immoderate constituent the fishy produced a handgun and, successful an unprovoked attack, fired astatine our Gwinnett County constabulary officers."

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Gwinnett County Police Chief J.D. McClure speaks astatine a quality league connected Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (WSB via AP)

The main identified the officers arsenic Pradeep Tamang and David Reed.

Tamang, 25, died from his injuries astatine a hospital. He joined the constabulary section successful 2024.

Reed was hospitalized successful superior but unchangeable information connected Sunday afternoon. He joined the section successful 2015.

Gov. Brian Kemp said helium was "mourning the nonaccomplishment of a brave officer" and "praying for the swift betterment of another."

"This is the latest reminder of the dangers instrumentality enforcement look connected a regular basis, and we are grateful for each 1 that puts themselves successful harm’s mode to support their chap Georgians," Kemp said connected X.

The shooting suspect, Kevin Andrews, was changeable by 1 of the officers and transported to a infirmary for treatment. (Gwinnett County Police)

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Andrews has been charged with 1 number of malice murder, 1 number of felony murder, 2 counts of aggravated battle upon a nationalist information serviceman and 1 number of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which customarily handles shootings involving officers successful the Peach State, is handling the investigation, which remains ongoing.

The bureau said the lawsuit volition beryllium handed implicit to the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office for reappraisal erstwhile the probe is complete.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.