GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- Gainesville Police are reassuring the public there is no cause for alarm after an accidental shooting at an Armed Forces Recruiting Center.

It happened at around 10:30 a.m. Friday in the McEvers Corners Shopping Center at Dawsonville Highway and McEver Road. Police said an armed forces member was shot. The victim was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center for treatment.

Gainesville Police spokesman Kevin Holbrook said it appears the victim shot himself.

"Given recent incidents in Chattanooga we know the public may be concerned about the police presence," the police department said on its Facebook page. "There is no need for public alarm, this was an accidental shooting.

GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- The three Hall County firefighters injured last July after their ladder truck collapsed are now suing the truck's manufacturer.

The firefighters -- T.J. Elliott, Will Griffin, and Stephen Jackson -- fell 45 feet last year during a training exercise.

But attorney Shane Lazenby, representing Elliott, would tell you the story begins three months earlier, when Hall County purchased the truck from the Sutphen Corporation for more than 500,000 dollars.

Lazenby says Sutphen did not fully disclose the truck's issues to Hall County.

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (WXIA) – Gainesville Police are looking for help from the public in finding an alleged police impersonator.

On May 23, shortly after 11:30 pm, a woman was approached by a white man in an apartment complex off McEver Road. The suspect presented a gold badge to the woman and claimed to be a federal agent. Investigators said the suspect then asked to pat down the woman.

"Once he was frisking her he began to touch her inappropriately," said Cpl. Kevin Holbrook.

The victim was able to get away.