An Atlanta police officer was shot and killed outside a Douglas County home during what investigators say was an apparent early-morning break-in attempt.
He was identified as Investigator Aubree Horton by the Atlanta Police Department.
It happened around 5 a.m. Friday at a home along Orkney Way near E. Carroll Road in the Andrews Country Club neighborhood.
According to Douglas County Sheriff Tim Pounds, deputies responded to a burglary call.
“On an attempted burglary, understanding, at this time, that a person attempted to gain entry into the residence behind,” the sheriff said. “When he gained entrance, the homeowner produced a firearm in self-defense and shot the individual. At this time, the individual is deceased.
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Aubree Horton, 32 had been with the department for almost 10 years and was awarded the “Investigator of the Year” award last week at the Atlanta Police Foundation’s annual Crime is Toast ceremony.
Horton, who was most recently assigned to the department’s fugitive unit, had no law enforcement experience before joining APD in November 2015.
Douglas officials later learned Horton lived at a home on Rannoch Moor Drive, which is walking distance from where the shooting took place.
At the Sept. 24 awards ceremony, Horton was recognized for his work in connection with last year’s disappearance and death of a Gwinnett County man.
