One In Custody After Police Standoff On I-75 At Windy Hill

MARIETTA, GA -- A major portion of I-75 in Cobb County was shut down Friday morning while police negotiated with a suspect in an armed robbery. Around 8:30 am, Marietta police said they responded to the Walmart at 210 Cobb Parkway South in response to an armed robbery that occurred at the customer service desk inside of the business.

Police said the suspect fled the scene prior to officers arriving. Officers met with the victim along with Walmart security personnel and began reviewing video footage and obtained a description of the male suspect and learned he’d fled the scene in a grey Honda Civic.

A short time later, a Marietta police officer located a vehicle fitting the description and determined the male driver matched the suspect's description. The officer conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle on I-75 south. The driver eventually pulled over to the right shoulder just south of Windy Hill Road.

Police, believing the driver might be armed, did not approach the vehicle but told the driver to get out of the car. The driver refused, and police diverted all southbound interstate traffic onto Windy Hill Road as a precaution.

For more than an hour, negotiators spoke with the suspect, but eventually, SWAT officers took the driver into custody.

The suspect, whose name has not been released, is currently at a local hospital receiving a full medical evaluation.