Crime & Safety

Police Shoot, Kill Home Invasion Suspect in Norcross Area

The suspect was shot by police after entering a home in Woodland Ridge Apartments. He later died at Gwinnett Medical Center.

Update, Monday 10:50 a.m.: Police say they got a call about the home invasion around 7:30 a.m. and arrived on scene at 7:35 a.m. The two kids in the apartment are pre-teens.

Crime scene unit, homicide investigators are here gathering evidence right now. Members of the district attorney's office are here, too.

There are multiple witnesses. It's not clear if the suspect took anything. There's no info on the suspect. Police have to identify next of kin.

Find out what's happening in Loganville-Graysonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

----

The suspect in a home invasion is dead after being shot by police in the Norcross area.

Find out what's happening in Loganville-Graysonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

According to Gwinnett County Police spokesman Cpl. Edwin Ritter, the suspect forced entry into a home at Woodland Ridge Apartments at 301 Tree Trail Pkwy. in unincorporated Norcross Monday morning (April 22).

Two kids were home alone, but they were able to make it out of the apartment safely and contact a neighbor who called police, according to Ritter.

"The first responding officer was confronted by the suspect as he exited the apartment. The suspect presented a deadly force confrontation with the police officer, forcing to officer to respond with deadly force, by shooting the suspect," said Ritter in a news release.

The suspect was transported to Gwinnett Medical Center where he later died from his injury. The officer was not injured.

The Gwinnett County Police Deadly Force Investigation Team, comprised of investigators from the Homicide Unit and The Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office are on scene conducting a thorough investigation into the incident that occurred.

Stay with Patch for updates on this developing story. Follow Norcross Patch for details.


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com.

More from Loganville-Grayson