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Man shot while trying to break into car in Cobb neighborhood, police say

It happened on Buckland Way in Mableton early Monday morning.
By Chelsea Prince
Nov 27, 2018

A man was shot early Monday when a Cobb County resident tried to stop him from breaking into his car, police said.

Police told Channel 2 Action News that the homeowner’s home surveillance system sent his phone an alert when it noticed the man near his pickup truck outside his Buckland Way home in Mableton.

“The initial information is that the suspect was breaking into the resident’s car when the resident came out to check,” Cobb police spokesman Sgt. Wayne Delk told AJC.com. “At some point during the confrontation, the resident shot the suspect in the lower extremities.”

Cobb County officers respond to a shooting on Buckland Way in Mableton on Monday morning. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM
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The man was taken to Atlanta Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, Channel 2 reported.

No further details were released as an investigation is ongoing, Delk said.

It happened on Buckland Way in Mableton early Monday morning.

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