Cobb County police say officers shot and killed an armed man in a Marietta neighborhood on Monday after responding to calls about someone carrying a handgun on Bradley Avenue. The man was hit by gunfire and pronounced dead at the scene, and authorities say no officers were injured. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been brought in to handle an independent review of the shooting.
What authorities say happened
According to 11Alive, officers were called to Bradley Avenue after reports of an armed man and found a person holding a handgun. Police say they gave multiple verbal commands to drop the weapon. When those commands were not followed, officers fired, and the person was struck. The Cobb County Police Department told 11Alive that the man died at the scene and that no officers were hurt.
GBI takes the lead
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is handling the independent probe into the shooting. On the GBI’s officer-involved shootings page, the agency notes that its agents typically process the scene, conduct forensic follow-up, and then turn over their findings to the local district attorney for review.
Recent Cobb shooting adds to scrutiny
This latest case lands just weeks after another high-profile shooting in Cobb, when an armed woman was shot outside Cobb Police headquarters, a case also investigated by the GBI, according to reporting by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The two incidents together have fed growing local attention on how officer-involved shootings are investigated and reviewed.
Investigators are continuing to gather evidence, and the Cobb County Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy. Once the GBI wraps up its work, the agency will submit the full case file to the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office for review. Authorities have not released the man’s identity or additional details while the investigation is ongoing…