{"id":144068,"date":"2023-10-21T14:37:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=144068"},"modified":"2023-10-21T14:38:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:38:31","slug":"man-accused-of-pointing-gun-at-passing-cars-shot-by-smyrna-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=144068","title":{"rendered":"Man Accused of Pointing Gun at Passing Cars Killed by Smyrna Police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Gist:<\/strong> The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is on the case of a police shooting in Smyrna that resulted in the death of 26-year-old Marthely Theodore. Occurring on October 20, the  victim died Saturday. No officers were harmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2753 <strong>What&#8217;s Happening:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The situation kicked off with 911 calls about a man aiming a gun at cars near Benson Poole Road.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smyrna Police officers found the armed man and shot him after they say he moved toward them, weapon raised.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd0d <strong>Between the Lines:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>According to the GBI, officers made multiple requests for the man to drop his weapon before taking decisive action.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The man is now in a local hospital, listed in critical condition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This incident is the 81st police shooting that the GBI has been tasked with investigating this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Catch Up Quick:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The man&#8217;s identity is still a mystery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once the GBI wraps up its independent investigation, the case file will head to the Cobb Judicial Circuit District Attorney\u2019s Office for a closer look.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f <strong>The Big Picture:<\/strong> The investigation is far from over. Authorities are urging anyone with information to reach out to the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Conyers or to submit anonymous tips online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gist: The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is on the case of a police shooting in Smyrna that resulted in the death of 26-year-old Marthely Theodore. Occurring on October 20, the victim died Saturday. No officers were harmed. \u2753 What&#8217;s Happening: \ud83d\udd0d Between the Lines: Catch Up Quick: \ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f The Big Picture: The investigation is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":144143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[13162],"class_list":["post-144068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-police-shooting","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}