Chattahoochee Hills officer killed

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Chattahoochee Hills officer killed

Chattahoochee Hills policeman Mike Vogt was shot while he was in his cruiser on a dirt road.

Vernon Keenan, Director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation talks about the arrest of Robert Milam Cook in connection with the shooting death of Chattahoochee Hills Police Lt. Mike Vogt, 56, at the Chattahoochee Hills Police Station on Wednesday, February 18, 2010.

This is a photo of Robert Milam Cook, who was arrested in connection with the shooting death of Chattahoochee Hills Police police Lt. Mike Vogt, 56.

(Left to right) Vernon Keenan, Director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Chattahoochee Hills Detective Jamie Melton, Chattahoochee Hills Police Chief Damon Jones and Jeff Holmes, Fulton County Sheriff Department stand during the press conference announcing the arrest of Robert Milam in connection with the shooting death of Chattahoochee Hills Police Lt. Mike Vogt, 56.

Chattahoochee Hills police Lieutenant Ronnie Lyle, left, and Hills firefighter Hope Owens, right, hold candles during a community prayer vigil for Lt. Mike Vogt at the Vernon Grove Baptist Church Wednesday night in Palmetto, Ga., February 17, 2010.

Chattahoochee Hills Police Chief Damon Jones, left, listens to Chattahoochee Hills Mayor Don Hayes during a prayer vigil for Lt. Mike Vogt.

Members of the Chattahoochee Hills community attend a prayer vigil for officer Mike Vogt, who was killed in the line of duty Monday.

Tamara Haire, of Chattahoochee Hills, holds her daughter Samantha Haire, 5, as she stands next to her husband Nehemiah and son Porter, 3, during a prayer vigil for Lt. Mike Vogt.

Members of the Chattahoochee Hills community attend a prayer vigil on Wednesday, the day authorities held a suspect in the shooting death of officer Mike Vogt.

A manhunt is on for two to three men in a late 1980s Chrysler who might have shot a 'high-powered weapon' at a Chattahoochee Hills police cruiser, killing officer Mike Vogt.

Georgia State Patrol troopers gather at the intersection of Hutchensons Ferry Road and Vernon Grove Road.

Rescue units, including an air ambulance, responded and the officer was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital.

Vernon Grove Road was reopened Tuesday following the killing of Chattahoochee Hills officer Mike Vogt, who was gunned down with a high-powered weapon while driving down a dirt road.

Police issued a reward for information that would lead them to a vehicle - an early 1980s Chrysler - sought in connection with the killing of Chattahoochee Hills police officer Mike Vogt.

A concerned citizen pauses outside the Chattahoochee Hills police department where the flag flew at half staff on Tuesday in honor of Chattahoochee Hills officer Mike Vogt.

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Vernon Keenan, Director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation talks about the arrest of Robert Milam Cook in connection with the shooting death of Chattahoochee Hills Police Lt. Mike Vogt, 56, at the Chattahoochee Hills Police Station on Wednesday, February 18, 2010.

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