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Kennesaw Shooting Suspect Surrenders Following SWAT Situation

Cobb County Police have not released the names of the suspect or the person who was shot this morning.

 

Update, 12:47 p.m. Friday

For an update, read Man Shot in Kennesaw Was Visiting.

Original report, 9:41 a.m. Friday

A man suspected in an early morning shooting surrendered to Cobb County authorities after a three-hour SWAT situation in a Kennesaw neighborhood.

Sgt. Dana Pierce, spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that one person was shot about 2:30 a.m. at a home on Bozeman Lake Road.

Cobb County SWAT team members evacuated homes in the area and blocked several roads as negotiators tried to make contact with the suspect.

He surrendered to officers sometime after 6:15 a.m., according to WSB-TV, CBS Atlanta and the AJC.

The shooting victim was taken to a local hospital. That person's condition is not known.

Police have not released the identities of the suspect or the shooting victim.

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Related Topics: Bozeman Lake Road, Cobb County Police Department, SWAT situation, and Shooting

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