Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Man Killed in Shooting at Austell Apartment Complex Identified

Cobb police said the victims were found in the parking lot right before 10 p.m.

UPDATE at 11:40 a.m.:

Cobb police investigators have identified the victim who was fatally shot at an Austell apartment complex as 27-year-old Andre Oliver.

According to witnesses and preliminary information, Cobb Police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce stated in a release that Oliver was allegedly shot in the complex parking lot by the Parkview Apartments security guard after they were involved in a physical altercation.

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A second victim, 19-year-old Jacoby Adams of Austell, was struck in the leg by a stray round.

Both Oliver and Adams were transported to Grady Hospital where Oliver died. Adams was released and is recovering from his injury, Pierce stated.

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The security guard thought to be responsible for the shooting has not been charged, and his name is not being released at this time pending a thorough investigation of the incident.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Cobb County Police Department Crimes Against Persons Unit at (770) 499-3945.

Original Story:

Cobb Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and another with a wounded foot.

The shooting occurred on Tuesday evening at Parkview Apartments, off Six Flags Drive, in Austell.

Cobb Police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said the men were found in the apartment complex parking lot just before 10 p.m.

Police are questioning a third man, the suspected shooter.

No charges have been filed, and police have not yet released the identities of the men involved.

Check back with South Cobb Patch for more updates.


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