Cobb Police shoot, kill man in NE Cobb domestic dispute

Cobb Police kill man NE Cobb domestic dispute
Photo courtesy Georgia Bureau of Investigation

Cobb Police said early Friday that officers shot and killed a man overnight at a home in Northeast Cobb after responding to a domestic dispute.

Public Information Officer Wayne Delk said in a release that shortly after midnight, police were called via 911 to a home at 4592 North Landing Drive.

That’s off Kemp Road near Trickum Road, and Delk said that when officers arrived they found a male at the residence with a large hunting knife.

“At some point the armed male presented a threat to the officers and was shot by officers,” Delk said.

The man died of his wounds, and nobody else was injured, including the officers, Delk said.

He provided no other details, including the identity of the man who was killed. The investigation is being turned over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is standard procedure in an officer-involved shooting.

UPDATED:

The GBI issued a release after 3 p.m. Friday and identified the man who was shot and killed by police as Joseph Wilbanks, 41, of Marietta.

According to the release, an officer shot Wilbanks after he advanced toward police with the knife.

The release said the 911 call was made to Cobb Police in regarding a domestic dispute involving a suicidal man, but didn’t indicate if that was Wilbanks.

The GBI said after its investigation is complete, its report will be submitted to the Cobb County District Attorney’s office.

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2 thoughts on “Cobb Police shoot, kill man in NE Cobb domestic dispute”

  1. For anyone out there thinking the police shot an unarmed man, they did not. That man was armed with a large hunting knife. If he starting coming at the police with that knife, he could have done a lot of damage, probably fatal, to more than just one of the officers. Flail with a gun, trees get hurt. Flail with a knife, lots of things get hurt in one swipe.

    Domestic disputes are among the most volatile calls police answer. While I’m sorry for the friends and family of the knife-wielder, I see this as a self-defense, justifiable shooting (assuming the accounts I’m reading here are accurate, which I have no reason to doubt).

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