Crime & Safety
Shooting Leads To SWAT Situation At Marietta Apartments
SWAT unit was called out early Thursday after a man was shot on Favor Road. Authorities detained two people for questioning.
MARIETTA, GA -- A SWAT team descended upon an apartment complex in Cobb County early Thursday morning, Patch has learned. Authorities took two people into custody to question them in a shooting that happened just after midnight, according to news reports.
A man was taken to a hospital after being shot near Windy Hill Road. The victim was being treated for a collapsed lung, according to WAGA-TV.
Police detained two suspects after tracking them to the Brix on Beech apartment complex at 16 Beech Rd SW in Marietta. Cobb police officials said that although a SWAT unit was on the scene, it was not really a SWAT call-out.
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"At [12:32 a.m.], there was a shooting on Favor Road," Cobb police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce told Patch. "SWAT thought they had the suspect(s) at an address on Beech Road. They just detained two people on Beech Road to interview them."
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