[GA] Sgt Parks wife crawled from thier home

08/12/08
A Chamblee police officer was arrested after he allegedly fired multiple gunshots outside of his Loganville home and pointed a rifle at a superior officer. Gwinnett County police officers were responding to multiple reports of gunfire on Eden Valley Court in Loganville about 4 a.m. Sunday when they heard a gunshot as they exited their patrol cars. They followed the noise to a nearby house and peered over a privacy fence to see two men —- Brendon Parks, 37, and George Harris, both of the Chamblee Police Department —- standing in the backyard, according to a police report. Police ordered the men, who were dressed in civilian clothing, to come outside and lay on the ground. Harris reportedly identified himself as a Chamblee police lieutenant and Parks as one of his sergeants. Police said Parks' wife crawled out of the house after officers yelled for her to exit. She told the officers her husband had "gone crazy and started shooting his guns in the backyard"... Harris stated he came over earlier that morning after Parks' wife called him for help because of her husband's actions. Harris told the officers he found Parks standing in the backyard holding a rifle. He said Parks pointed the rifle at him, but he wasn't afraid for his safety... Parks is charged with reckless conduct, discharging a firearm under the influence and pointing a gun at another. Police seized a rifle, a revolver and two pistols from Parks' home as evidence. Harris was released... Gwinnett jail records show he was released Sunday afternoon on $3,900 bond... "He is on administrative leave with pay until we complete an internal investigation," [Chamblee police Chief R. Marc] Johnson said.

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