Cobb Police said Saturday that a man pulled over for a traffic stop near Osborne High School was shot and killed by police after pulling out a weapon against officers as he tried escape the scene.
It’s the second fatal officer-involved shooting involving Cobb Police in the last two weeks.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the suspect as Gregory Hill Jr., 43, of Austell, and said that an autopsy will be performed by the Cobb Medical Examiner’s Office.
Sgt. Eric Smith of Cobb Police said that after 10:20 p.m. Friday, police pulled over a Cadillac SUV that was “being driven recklessly” on Windy Hill Road at Osborne Court.
The driver tried to flee the stop, and the vehicle overturned and crashed near a residence, with the suspect refusing to exit, according to police.
Smith said that the driver began firing a weapon and officers responded by firing their service weapons.
The GBI said in a release that police backed away from the Cadillac and the Cobb Police SWAT team was called as the suspect was barricaded in the vehicle.
According to the GBI, police tried to negotiate with the driver for an hour and a half to come out, and then Hill “displayed a gun.”
The driver tried to flee the SUV and was showing his weapon, and “an officer involved shooting occurred. The driver was struck by gunfire and was beyond lifesaving measures,” Smith said, adding that no officers were injured.
The GBI said that Hill was shot at least once, and he was pronounced dead on the scene.
The GBI is investigating the incident and will turn over its review to the Cobb District Attorney’s Office.
Last week, police shot and killed a shoplifting suspect at Town Center Mall they said brandished a weapon at officers.
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