Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Nathain Jenkins

Gender : Male

Age : 32

Race : Black

Date : 08/09/2024

Location : Walgreens 2670 Cobb Pkwy SE

City : Smyrna

County : Cobb

State : Georgia

Agency : Cobb County Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during multi-officer altercation for alleged shoplifting

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Nathain Jenkins’ father was on the phone with him while Nathain Jenkins was in a Walgreens in Smyrna. The father reports that shots rang out and he no longer could hear from his son. The father reports that his son had called him and said that he was in trouble. The father drove toward the store and reports seeing a great many police officers running, and that an altercation with Nathain Jenkins occurred inside of the store. Police shot and killed him, alleging that he had a gun. His father says that they had been on the phone talking until the very moment police gunned him down. Police have not provided bodycam, and there are currently no eyewitnesses to confirm that he had been pointing weapons or what was in his hand.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/wanted-suspect-fatally-shot-by-police-at-cobb-walgreens-officials-say/6L5Z3ANP3ZCSHFKG7MOCHJ3YYA/

https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2024-08-10/gbi-investigates-officer-involved-shooting-cobb-county