CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Clayton County police have provided an update about an officer who was injured in a shooting during a SWAT standoff on Tuesday evening. During a standoff with a suspect involved in a shooting in Jonesboro, Clayton County SWAT unit responded. During an exchange of gunfire, officer Kenyon Ford was shot in his leg.

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. - An officer was injured during a SWAT standoff in Clayton County on Tuesday evening. The officer was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. According to the Clayton County Police Department, the SWAT team was called to the scene for a report of a person barricaded inside their home.

The SWAT standoff started after police say the suspect shot a man and then barricaded himself inside a home. The officer is expected to be OK and the suspect is in critical condition.