Crime & Safety

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.

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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.

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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.

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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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