Man critical, officer hospitalized after police shooting in Gainesville, Georgia

A Gainesville police officer shot and critically wounded a man who opened fire on police responding to a domestic disturbance behind a shopping center on Jesse Jewell Parkway.

The Gainesville Police Department said its officers responded to a domestic disturbance call involving a man and a woman in the rear of the New Holland Market shopping center, located along Jesse Jewell Parkway Southeast.

According to the department, the man opened fire on an officer upon arrival. The officer returned fire and struck the suspect.

Emergency responders took the suspect to Northeast Georgia Medical Center, where he remains in critical condition.