ATLANTA, Ga. - Two Atlanta transit police officers were shot after they tried to confront a man urinating in a train station, and the suspect was later arrested in another state.

The shooting happened just before midnight at MARTA’s Five Points station, the downtown transfer point for the system’s trains.

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Authorities said the man became irate and refused to cooperate when officers approached him.

Officers decided to arrest the man, Kreher said he pulled out a handgun and shot over his shoulder at the officer, authorities said.

He grazed a female officer in the knee and struck a male officer in the arm.

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