Ga. Police Officer Seriously Wounded, Kicking Off 5-Hour Standoff

May 7, 2025
An Albany police officer underwent six hours of surgery after he suffered an injury to a vein when he was shot in the arm by an armed suspect in an altercation, leading to a standoff lasting several hours.

ALBANY, GA—A suspect who told police he would rather have a shootout with police than go to jail is accused of wounding an Albany Police Department officer who underwent a six hours of surgery on Monday evening.

Cpl. Alexander Price was struck in the arm by a round from a .223-caliber rifle during the incident in south Albany and suffered an injury to the vein in his arm, Albany Police Chief Michael Persley said on Tuesday.

Four officers responded at 5:26 p.m. on Monday to the apartment complex at 209 Slater King Drive after receiving a report of an armed man who was in an altercation with a neighbor. When they arrived, the suspect, David Edmonds Jr., was inside an apartment with his girlfriend and two children.

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