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Name Not Disclosed

Gender : Male

Age :

Race : Unknown

Date : 05/10/2023

Location : Maxham+Thornton

City : Lithia Springs

County : Douglas

State : Georgia

Agency : Cobb County SO

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Parental abduction

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Cobb County deputies initially responded to a home off Drennon Avenue in Austell. A 911 caller said an armed man and woman were his home trying to take his daughter. The 911 caller gave police a description of the SUV. Police found the SUV and tried to pull it over, but the driver did not stop. Police escalated a chase into Douglas County where officers did a PIT maneuver and disabled the vehicle. The driver allegedly refused to show his hands and police shot and killed him. They also injured his female passenger. Police did not reply whether the man had been armed.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://news.yahoo.com/officer-involved-shooting-leaves-one-082045630.html

https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-05-10/gbi-investigates-officer-involved-shooting-lithia-springs-involving-cobb