An Atlanta police officer was shot and killed outside a Douglas County home during what investigators say was an apparent early-morning break-in attempt. He was identified as Investigator Aubree Horton by the Atlanta Police Department.
It happened around 5 a.m. Friday at a home along Orkney Way near E. Carroll Road in the Andrews Country Club neighborhood.
According to Douglas County Sheriff Tim Pounds, deputies responded to a burglary call.
“On an attempted burglary, understanding, at this time, that a person attempted to gain entry into the residence behind,” the sheriff said. “When he gained entrance, the homeowner produced a firearm in self-defense and shot the individual. At this time, the individual is deceased.
Hellbound and Down 