Preserve at Terrell Mill Apartments — Reported Site of Domestic Violence Incident
A woman with cuts to her hands ran through a parking lot at a Marietta apartment complex Friday, screaming for help, after she said her partner had hurt her. Officers who responded to the call feared the couple’s 3-year-old child was in danger inside, forced their way into the apartment, and found the child unharmed — but the man inside had already turned violent against himself, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to Atlanta News First, police were called to the Preserve at Terrell Mill Apartments off Terrell Mill Road in Cobb County after witnesses reported seeing the woman running through the parking lot and yelling for help. She told police her partner had hurt her, and officers observed cuts on her hands when they arrived.
Officers Forced Entry Fearing for Child’s Safety
Fearing the couple’s 3-year-old child could be in danger inside the apartment, officers forced their way in, the outlet’s report notes. Once inside, they found the man had injured himself, and officers began tending to his wounds before he was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the child was not harmed in the incident. The suspect’s identity had not been publicly released, according to the same account, and both the woman and the child were taken to the hospital for evaluation…