Boy, 2, accidentally shot as father struggles with officer

ATLANTA - Authorities said a two-year-old boy was accidentally shot and killed early Wednesday as his father struggled with a sheriff&#39;s deputy over the officer&#39;s handgun. <br> <br> Atlanta police said Detrick Corbett Junior was in his father&#39;s arms as the man struggled with a Fulton County sheriff&#39;s deputy on Bankhead Highway. The officer&#39;s gun discharged, hitting the child in the shoulder. He died at the scene. <br> <br> Police said the struggle and shooting was the culmination of a domestic dispute that began earlier at the northwest Atlanta home of the boy&#39;s mother. Police said the father, 22-year-old Detrick Corbett, went to her home about 1 a.m., beat her with a rifle and fled with the boy. <br> <br> The mother, 22-year-old Tekemah Russell, and a friend located Corbett later on Bankhead Highway about 1:45 a.m. Police said Corbett rammed the other car before getting out and beating Russell again. <br> <br> Police said two Fulton sheriff&#39;s deputies arrived on the scene, and Corbett -- holding the child in his arms -- struggled with a deputy after reaching for her gun. <br> <br> Corbett is charged with two counts of aggravated battery, three counts of aggravated assault and a single count of obstruction of police. His initial court hearing is scheduled for Thursday morning. <br> <br> The deputy, who was not identified, was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. Officials said she has been with the department for 18 years.

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