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Chris Cochran

Age : 60

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 08/19/2024

Location : Westley Mill Road near Highway 140

City : Adairsville

County : Bartow

State : Georgia

Agency : Bartow County Sheriff’s Office, SWAT

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance call

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/18/2024, Chris Cochran, 60, was shot and killed by a Bartow County Sheriff’s Office SWAT officer during a standoff at his home on Wesley Mill Drive in Adairsville. At approximately 4:00 p.m., deputies responded after a crisis intervention team had gone to the residence to assist Cochran and police alleged that he made death threats against his wife and members of the crisis team.
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Cochran’s wife and the crisis intervention workers took shelter at a neighbor’s home across the street. Bartow County deputies responded there to protect them. Authorities reported that Cochran had access to numerous rifles inside his residence.
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According to the GBI, Cochran returned inside his home, broke windows and allegedly continued threatening his wife, the crisis intervention workers and deputies. The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office deployed its SWAT team to remove the people sheltering across the street and take Cochran into custody.
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The GBI alleged that Cochran pointed a long gun from a second-story window while repeatedly threatening SWAT personnel, deputies and witnesses outside. A Bartow County SWAT officer then fired, striking Cochran. Cochran was pronounced dead at the scene by the Bartow County Coroner’s Office.
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation conducted the independent investigation and said the completed case would be submitted to the Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Bartow County SWAT officer who shot Cochran has not been publicly identified.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2024-08-19/gbi-investigates-officer-involved-shooting-bartow-county
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/bartow-county/suspect-killed-bartow-county-swat-situation-identified-by-gbi/NXKYKN5GFVEV7GUMYCSOLN6HGQ/
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/bartow-county-swat-officer-involved-shooting-adairsville
https://www.wrganews.com/2024/08/19/176182/