Two Cobb County sheriff’s deputies were killed in the line of duty Thursday evening. The sheriff’s office says they were shot while serving a warrant on a Marietta-area home.
Cobb County deputies ‘ambushed and killed’ serving warrant
"We have an officer down," a dispatcher broadcasted over the radio. It was quickly followed by a series of acknowledgments from law enforcement officers who were rushing to the scene. Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies escorted the body of two Cobb County deputies who were killed in the line of duty while serving a warrant at a Marietta-area home.
"She heard what she thought was fireworks which is not uncommon for our neighborhood, especially during the summertime and really didn’t pay any attention to it until her girlfriend called and said, ‘Hey, you guys OK?’ Then she started to look outside and that’s when she noticed everything," said Gunter.
"It’s like a movie. She’s like it’s like sitting and watching a movie. Instead of the television, it’s out the window," Gunter said, relaying what his wife explained.Cobb County standoff ends ‘peacefully’ The roads leading to the subdivision reopened around 1 a.m. Friday and a portion of the subdivision was cleared a half hour later. Investigators still surrounded the intersection where the shooting took place with the crime scene stretching for at least a block.The two suspects were taken into custody by the Cobb County Police Department, who will be leading the investigation.The sheriff could not say if the suspects lived at the home. He also did not release their names or ages.
The deputies are the first two law enforcement officers killed this year in Georgia by gunfire and the first deaths in the line of duty since the sheriff took office 18 months ago.
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