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Off-duty Atlanta police officer shot, killed while breaking into Douglas County home, deputies say

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The officer has been identified as Investigator Aubree Horton .

The incident occurred around 5 a.m. Friday at a home on Orkney Way near E. Carroll Road in the St. Andrews Country Club neighborhood.

Investigators are treating the incident as an act of self-defense.

Horton also lived in the neighborhood, about a half-mile from the scene.

Investigator Aubree Horton was honored as " Officer of the Year " at the "Crime is Toast " breakfast just days earlier , on Sept. 24 .

The Atlanta Police Department confirmed Horton was off-duty at the time of the incident.

"We believe the burglar lived in the neighborhood," Sheriff Pounds said.

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