Cobb Police said Wednesday that an East Cobb man shot his brother at a residence off Sandy Plains Road, then turned the gun on himself after a standoff that summoned SWAT units to the home.
Sgt. Wayne Delk, Cobb Police Public Information Officer, Philip Tokos, 29, died Tuesday night in an apparent suicide.
Delk said that police were called to the scene of a home on Plains Way, behind Mountain View Elementary School, at 5:41 p.m. after receiving reports of a person having been shot.
Delk said that Tokos and his brother, Michael Tokos, 32, “had been involved in a heated argument” and that Philip shot Michael in his lower right leg. Police didn’t say what the argument was about.
But they said Michael Tokos was able to leave the home and get medical assistance, and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Delk said that “officers had reason to believe that Philip Tokos was still alone inside the residence” and they obtained an arrest warrant and a search warrant.
A SWAT team also arrived on the scene, and when police went inside the home, they found the body of Philip Toskos, whom they said was deceased due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Delk said next of kin has been notified and the Cobb Police Special Victims Unit is taking over the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators at 770-801-3470.
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