A middle-aged man was hospitalized Monday night after a confrontation with police in Pooler.
At about 8 p.m., officers responded to calls of an agitated person in a home in the 100 block of Chinese Fir Court, off Godley Station Boulevard. Once officers arrived on scene, they attempted to make contact, but the man discharged a weapon at them from inside the house, said Pooler Police Chief Mark Revenew late Monday.
Officers retreated and surrounded the area, he said. Officers from the Garden City, Bloomingdale and Port Wentworth police departments and the Georgia State Patrol came to the scene to assist Pooler police.
Revenew said the man came out of the house holding a firearm in an aggressive manner, and a Pooler officer “took enforcement action.”
Revenew declined to elaborate on what kind of action police took, saying that the scene was being turned over to the GBI.
The man, whose identity was not released, was taken to Memorial University Medical Center. Revenew said he could not comment on the extent of the man’s injuries. No officers were harmed.
The man was alone inside the home when the incident occurred, Revenew said.
Revenew said that GBI was taking over the investigation, and more information would be released Tuesday.
No further information was available late Monday night.
—Dash Coleman