Sprawling Cobb County, with more than 760,000 people, is just northwest of Atlanta and one of Georgia’s most populous counties. They were serving a warrant for failure to appear on a charge of theft by deception, he said. The deputies had each served in the department for more than five years, Owens said.
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It wasn’t clear how the standoff was resolved, but the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the home’s front door was out of its frame and several front windows were broken. Owens said at a press conference late Thursday that the two were 'ambushed' when they went to deliver the warrant. The sheriff’s office in Cobb County wrote on Twitter initially that two deputies had “died in the line of duty” and that a SWAT team and other law enforcement officers remained at the scene, where a suspect was barricaded. Two Cobb County sheriff's deputies in Georgia have been killed while serving a warrant, officials said Thursday night. The suspects were scheduled to appear in court Friday afternoon, and authorities planned a news conference afterward. The records said the deputies had a warrant to arrest Cook on multiple outstanding theft charges. They said Golden was charged with felony murder and aggravated assault on law enforcement officers, news outlets reported. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)Ĭourt records identified the two men in custody as Christopher Golden and Christopher Cook. Two deputies were killed in an ambush while attempting to serve a warrant at a home in a suburb near Atlanta, a sheriff said Friday. Flags were lowered to half staff at the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office Adult Detention Center in Marietta, Ga., on Sept. The sheriff did not immediately release the names of the slain deputies. “Our hearts are broken here in Cobb County, and it’s going to take some prayers to help us get back to where we need to be,” he said at a news conference. Owens said two suspects were taken into custody and questioned. was a 38-year-old father of two and joined the sheriff's office in 2012. A long standoff ensued with at least one person. Who were the Cobb County deputies Owens said Koleski was 42 years old and joined the sheriff's office in 2007. The two deputies had returned to their vehicle after knocking on the door when another car pulled up Thursday night, Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens said. The deputies were able to call for help and law enforcement officers swarmed the neighborhood. ATLANTA (AP) Two deputies were killed in an ambush while attempting to serve a warrant at a home in a suburb near Atlanta, a sheriff said Friday.
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The deputies got out of the vehicle and were talking to a suspect when shots were fired, he said. The bloodshed the officers were the first to die in the line of duty.
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The two deputies had returned to their vehicle after knocking on the door when another car pulled up Thursday night, Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens said. Two Georgia deputies were fatally shot in what a sheriff described as an ambush as the cops tried to serve an arrest warrant. ATLANTA-Two deputies were killed in an ambush while attempting to serve a warrant at a home in a suburb near Atlanta, a sheriff said Friday.