Cobb Police said Sunday they’re looking for a suspect who got away during an early-morning incident on Terrell Mill Road after he tried to run down an officer.
Sgt. Eric Smith said that an officer shot at the suspect’s vehicle after police were called to Terrell Mill Road and Brookview Drive around 5:45 a.m. Sunday.
Smith said they were responding to a report of a driver asleep in a black Mercedes SUV at the intersection, which is the entrance to the Terrell Mill Estates subdivision.
He said officers saw a driver asleep inside the vehicle, and they placed a patrol car in front of the Mercedes; a fire apparatus was already behind the vehicle.
But as officers tried to wake up the driver, he refused to follow their commands, and the Mercedes collided with both of the other vehicles, according to Smith.
The driver then drove toward an officer, who returned fire, striking the Mercedes, according to Smith, who said that “it is unknown whether the driver was struck by gunfire.”
He said the Mercedes fled southbound on Terrell Mill Road, but police lost contact after a brief pursuit.
Smith said police don’t have an identity of the driver, and that the Cobb Police Major Crimes Unit is continuing to investigate.
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