HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — A child is recovering in the hospital after police said an officer in Henry County shot them during a domestic call on Friday night.

It happened around 8 p.m. on August 29. Officers were responding to a call involving a mother and her child. While heading home, police were told the mother had locked herself in a room, and her child, armed with a knife, was trying to break in.

When officers arrived, they found the child in an upstairs bedroom still holding a knife. One officer fired a shot and hit the child, who was taken to a hospital to get treatment.

No officers were hurt.

The GBI said it is investigating the shooting. Once the investigation is done, the case will go to the Henry County District Attorney’s Office to review.

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