NORCROSS — Police have arrested two suspects after a gunfire exchange involving officers happened at a home invasion scene early Tuesday near Norcross, according to the Gwinnett County Police Department.
Javier Gonzalez, 26, of Alpharetta and Lamar Marcel Bowman, 30, of Norcross were each charged with first-degree home invasion, police said. Bowman, who detectives believe shot at officers, also faces an aggravated assault charge. No injuries were reported, Cpl. Michele Pihera said.
“As soon as (officers) got to the house, one of the officers came over the radio and said that someone had started shooting at them,” Pihera said. “One uniformed officer returned fire, and the suspects ran away.”
Shortly after 2:10 a.m., emergency dispatchers received a call from woman at a house on Williamsburg Lane regarding a possible home invasion. According to police, the woman was hiding in the bathroom with
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“We don’t know exactly why this home was targeted, and we don’t know if the suspects and the victims knew each other or ever met in the past. But that’s certainly something we’re going to investigate.”
A police helicopter flew overhead as officers and a K9 unit searched for the suspects. The K9 unit found one suspect, and an officer found another.
“The other suspect(s) are still on the loose,” Pihera said. “The detectives are working to determine exactly how many other suspects are still unaccounted for and their descriptions.”
As standard procedure, the Deadly Force Investigation Team went to the home because an officer fired his weapon during the incident. The officer is on paid administrative leave.
Detectives obtained recording devices from the house but are unsure if the crime was captured on video.
Gonzalez is already in the Gwinnett County jail. Bowman was been taken to the hospital for an unrelated medical issue and before he was taken to
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