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A Cobb County police officer was injured when a dog attacked, leading another officer to fire his handgun at the dog, hitting the first officer in the hand in the process.

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Cobb police officer injured in dog attack, friendly fire incident

Clayton County police responded to a drive-by shooting at an apartment complex off Tara Boulevard.

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Drive-by shooting in Clayton County damages apartment, cars

Officer Max Brewer (seated), surrounded by the Atlanta Police Department's motors unit, was seriously injured in May 2020 when he was hit by an ATV during the second night of protests following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.

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Atlanta police officer hit by ATV describes ‘roller coaster’ of difficult recovery

Daniel Payton Brinson was charged with the murders of two teenagers in Middle Georgia following his arrest in Marietta on multiple felony drug counts.

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Middle Georgia man arrested in Marietta, accused of murdering 2 teens

Police were able to obtain this photo of the suspect from a Facebook page before it was deleted.

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Police seek leads in teen’s shooting outside Norcross apartment building

In addition to nearly 10,000 open cases, Fulton County's newly elected District Attorney Fani Willis has paralegals working full time to process cases left behind by the previous team in the office downtown Atlanta on Thursday, Feb 18, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Crime & Public Safety

Fulton DA says police shooting cases to be resolved by year’s end

The teen was shot during an argument over water sales near Mercedes-Benz Stadium, police said.

After latest shooting, Atlanta police consider citing parents of ‘water boys’

William “Billy” Scott, pictured here in his 80s, was killed Monday morning during a DeKalb County home invasion. The World War II veteran was 97.

97-year-old killed in DeKalb home invasion was WWII vet, ‘remarkable man’

Ronnie Floyd Maxwell was released from state prison in 2018 after serving time for aggravated child molestation.

Metro Atlanta man wanted for ‘multiple’ crimes against children, cops say

Booking photos released by the Glynn County Detention Center show, from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan. The three men were indicted on federal hate crime and attempted kidnapping charges in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was shot to death while jogging through a South Georgia neighborhood last year, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (Glynn County Detention Center via The New York Times) -- EDITORIAL USE ONLY --

Crime & Public Safety

Trial date set in Ahmaud Arbery murder case

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