ATLANTA — The suspect accused of shooting two MARTA police officers at the Five Points transit station late Tuesday night has been captured in Guntersville, Alabama by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive task force, according to MARTA Police Chief Scott Kreher.

Multiple law enforcement agencies, including Georgia State Patrol, Atlanta Police, and the U.S. Marshals task force, had joined the search for the suspect, now identified as 26-year-old Christopher Daniels.

After the incident, Daniels fled the scene and was believed to have boarded a train to the West End station. Kreher said investigators had identified the man and recovered the handgun used in the shooting, which was thrown onto a rooftop.

Authorities say the incident began as a routine patrol and quickly escalated into gunfire that left both officers injured and Daniels on the run.

Kreher said the officers, a man and a woman, confronted Daniels who was urinating on the platform just before midnight. He became combative during the encounter.

“While they were trying to handcuff the individual, he reached in and turned around over his shoulder and shot at both the officers,” Kreher said. “He struck one officer in the arm and he struck the other officer with some shrapnel from a bullet fragment.”

Both officers were rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital. Officer Carlos Williams is recovering after undergoing surgery for a broken bone in his arm. Officer Rayven Thomas, who was grazed in the knee and suffered some hearing loss, has since been released and is recovering at home.

All train service through Five Points was temporarily suspended overnight as police secured the scene and launched their investigation. Passengers were rerouted via bus bridges, but regular MARTA rail service resumed in time for the Friday morning commute.

Daniels will be transported back to Atlanta where he will be booked in to the Fulton County Jail.

WSB Radio’s Ashley Simmons and Ann Powell contributed to this story.