VININGS, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A suspect was taken to the hospital after he was hit by a bullet while being taken down by officers during a foot chase outside a shopping complex in Vinings Wednesday night, according to police.

Officers were executing a traffic stop in the shopping complex parking deck, outside the Taco Mac at 3101 Cobb Pkwy SE, just after 11 p.m., when the suspect ran from police. As he was running, police said they saw the suspect fumbling with a gun.

The suspect was then tackled to the ground by officers, during which his gun went off. The bullet grazed the suspect in the head, according to police.

Police said the suspect was taken to the hospital in “stable condition.” No officers were injured, nor did any of them fire their weapons.

The incident created a larg

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