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Emilio Aguilar

Gender : Male

Age : 21

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 09/27/2024

Location : Adventure Outdoors, 2500 S Cobb Drive

City : Smyrna

County : Cobb

State : Georgia

Agency : Cobb County Police Department, Smyrna Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during alleged burglary

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On September 27, 2024, at approximately 11:45 p.m., Smyrna Police Department officers responded to a reported burglary in progress at Adventure Outdoors, located at 2500 South Cobb Drive in Smyrna, Georgia. Upon arrival, an employee informed officers that a man was inside the business. Officers located 21-year-old Emilio Aguilar of Marietta inside the store and instructed him to exit. Once outside, as officers attempted to place Aguilar into custody, he broke free and began firing a rifle slung around his neck, striking two Smyrna officers in the leg. Three Cobb County police officers, who had arrived on the scene to assist, returned fire, fatally wounding Aguilar. The two injured Smyrna officers were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is conducting an independent investigation into the incident.
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GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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NUMBER OF CASUALTIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 1 fatality (Emilio Aguilar)
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Last Update: December 2, 2024

SOURCE LINKS :

https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2024-09-29/gbi-investigates-officer-involved-shooting-cobb-county
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/massive-police-presence-outside-adventure-outdoors-cobb-county-what-we-know/85-f598b180-70a7-48b7-8625-d3a619a49d2d
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cobb-county/2-officers-shot-smyrna-gunstore-responding-burglary-suspect-dead/OIILW4ITTZEIDDZYKEKG7IJPQQ/
https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/2-officers-shot-suspect-killed-after-burglary-at-cobb-gun-store-gbi-says/GDCANPRBHNADXNVXEGCRFZCMRY/
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/south-cobb-drive-windy-hill-road-cobb-county-police
https://hoodline.com/2024/09/cobb-county-burglary-attempt-ends-in-gunfire-suspect-dead-two-officers-wounded/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m-angry-smyrna-police-chief-224420613.html
https://www.wsbradio.com/news/local/im-angry-smyrna-police-chief-says-after-two-his-officers-were-shot-overnight/AXHIFTJXIBFNPOGAYPI72NCV4U/
https://thegeorgiasun.com/crime/cobb-police-kill-burglary-suspect-at-adventure-outdoors/
https://hoodline.com/2024/09/smyrna-gun-store-burglary-escalates-to-shootout-suspect-dead-two-officers-wounded/