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Police: Georgia deputies serving warrant killed in shootout

Cobb County law enforcement investigate the scene of a shooting, Friday morning, Sept. 9, 2022. Two deputies were killed in an ambush while attempting to serve a warrant at a home in a suburb near Atlanta, a sheriff said Friday. The two deputies had returned to their vehicle after knocking on the door when another car pulled up Thursday night, Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens said. The deputies got out of the vehicle and were talking to a suspect when shots were fired, he said. - photo by Associated Press

Cobb County law enforcement investigate the scene of a shooting, Friday morning, Sept. 9, 2022. Two deputies were killed in an ambush while attempting to serve a warrant at a home in a suburb near Atlanta, a sheriff said Friday. The two deputies had retur — Cobb County law enforcement investigate the scene of a shooting, Friday morning, Sept. 9, 2022. Two deputies were killed in an ambush while attempting to serve a warrant at a home in a suburb near Atlanta, a sheriff said Friday. The two deputies had returned to their vehicle after knocking on the door when another car pulled up Thursday night, Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens said. The deputies got out of the vehicle and were talking to a suspect when shots were fired, he said. - photo by Associated Press

MARIETTA — Authorities charged a man with murder Friday in the killing of two sheriff's deputies serving an arrest warrant on another person outside a suburban home near Atlanta.

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