Crime & Safety
Cobb Police Investigate After Woman Is Shot Outside Starbucks In Atlanta
A woman suffering from a gunshot wound pulled into a Starbucks in Cobb County then drove away, according to authorities.
ATLANTA, GA -- A woman suffering from a gunshot wound pulled into a Starbucks in Cobb County on Thursday then inexplicably drove away, according to authorities. The incident occurred just after 2:30 p.m. at the coffee shop located at 2495 Cumberland Parkway in Atlanta.
Cobb police are investigating the shooting as an aggravated assault. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)
To the horror of witnesses, a woman came into the Starbucks and asked for someone to call 911 because she had gotten shot. The woman, identified as 31-year old Sheena Fisse, then inexplicably left the coffee shop before emergency personnel could arrive, Cobb police spokeswoman Alicia Chilton said in a news release.
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Cobb police officers were able to track the woman down on Fulton Industrial Boulevard in Fulton County and render assistance to her.
Fisse was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment. Her injuries are considered non-life threatening, Chilton said. Authorities in Cobb continue to investigate the incident.
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