GBI investigates shooting of man by Sandy Springs police

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called in after Sandy Springs police fired at a man while responding to a 911 call. <br /> <br /> GBI spokeswoman Sherry Lang says a police sergeant and two officers responded to a home around 4:30 p.m. Friday for a domestic situation involving a mother and her son. <br /> <br /> When officers arrived, Lang says, 26-year-old Abayomi Royalston confronted them with a handgun. The sergeant and one of the officers fired multiple shots at Royalston and hit him three times. <br /> <br /> Royalston was taken to North Fulton Hospital for treatment. <br /> <br /> None of the officers was injured. <br /> <br /> The GBI is investigating to determine what happened. When the investigation is complete, the findings will be turned over to the Fulton County district attorney.

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