A man accused of pointing a gun at drivers and police in Cobb County was fatally shot by officers Friday afternoon, the GBI said.
Cobb police was inundated with 911 calls around 4:30 p.m. regarding the man pointing a gun at passing vehicles near Benson Poole Road, according to officials. Smyrna police officers responded to the incident location at the request of the Cobb police department and located the armed man at the intersection of Benson Poole and Smyrna Powder Springs roads.
The GBI said that officers repeatedly asked the man, identified as 26-year-old Marthely Theodore, to drop his firearm, but he instead approached law enforcement and raised his gun toward them. Police then opened fire, striking Theodore, the state agency said.
Theodore was taken to a hospital and died Saturday morning.
Authorities did not say why Theodore may have been pointing a firearm at vehicles. No officers were injured.
Friday’s incident was the 81st officer-involved shooting the GBI has been asked to investigate this year.
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