Man shot by officers after charging with weapon

Heard on: Northeast Georgia Amateur Radio Repeaters

01:24

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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You hear about the police officer involved shooting in Commerce yesterday?

00:08

Did not.

00:12

Don't have any great details other than what a little bit of Facebook had that over here off of Orchard Circle over there had a guy that come at him with a weapon in his hand and two of them

00:25

fired upon him.

00:26

So last I heard he was in surgery.

00:28

Don't know if he's going to make it or what.

00:38

The guy that came out with his weapon or the police?

00:43

The guy started charging the police officers,

00:47

but they didn't say what kind of weapon he had.

00:49

Whether he had a stick, a knife, a gun, or what, don't know.

00:58

And boy,

01:00

it's all it's yeah, okay.

01:08

(name withheld) called me yesterday and I don't know if I heard anything.

01:13

He said there was a whole slew of sirens, police, fire, ambulance, and all that went flying towards Commerce on Jefferson Road yesterday.

01:23

A little while later I found it out.

7/17/2026 05:28 AM

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Orchard Cir, Commerce, GA 30529

Man shot by officers after charging with weapon

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As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic discusses a reported officer-involved shooting near Orchard Circle in Commerce. A man reportedly charged at police officers while holding an unspecified weapon, and two officers apparently fired on him. The man was later said to be in surgery after the incident.

Man shot by officers after charging with weapon

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