MARIETTA – Attorneys representing the family of an Austell man shot and killed by a Cobb police officer in 2021 say the Cobb District Attorney’s office did not present a complete case to a grand jury that could have indicted the officer.
Devonte Brown, 28, was shot and killed after a car chase on Aug. 18, 2021, which occurred after Brown had been recklessly driving a stolen vehicle through Marietta, according to police. Officers eventually boxed him in on Powder Springs Street near Sandtown Road.
In a news conference in front of the Cobb Superior Courthouse this week, attorneys with the Harry M. Daniels law firm, which represents the Brown family, said District Attorney Flynn Broady’s office presented their case to a grand jury in Dec. 2022 without having the full results of an investigation from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
“The case was presented to a grand jury and we believe the grand jury was not presented the Cobb County’s police policies or other evidence necessary for the grand jury to come back with the possibility of indicting Officer (Ian) McConnell,” said Crystal Carey, one of the Brown family’s attorneys.