Suspect crashes car after shootout with police in Douglasville

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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — A man is now in custody after police say he was involved in a shootout with officers.

Douglasville Police officers responded around 10 p.m. to a call at the Gateway Village neighborhood. The call said a man was “behaving abnormally.”

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The officer and suspect exchanged shots before police say the man took off in a car.

When they arrived, one of the officers spotted the man firing a gun.

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Police said the man didn’t get very far. He crashed the car just a short distance away.

The man is being observed at a local hospital. No one was hit by the gunfire, according to investigators.

Police have not released the suspect’s name.

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