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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