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Marietta police shot a 29-year-old driver at least once after he pointed a bow and arrow at officers during a traffic accident involving a vehicle the man allegedly carjacked in Atlanta.

September 29, 2021 – By Aleks Gilbert – Source Marietta Daily Journal, Ga.

Marietta police were called about a wreck at the intersection of Atlanta Road and South Marietta Parkway around 7 a.m. Tuesday.

“So our officers responded assuming they were going to an accident with injuries,” Officer Chuck McPhilamy said, “not someone armed with a bow and arrow.”

Rather than accept help, the man who had been driving the car, Canton’s Trent Andrew Emory, 29, pointed a bow and arrow at the officers, McPhilamy said, and was shot “at least one time” by “at least one Marietta officer.”

A 20-minute negotiation ensued, in which officers tried to get Emory safely into custody, McPhilamy said. They did, and he was taken to the hospital “conscious, alert and breathing.”

Emory is in stable condition, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating the incident, as it does all officer-involved shootings.

Earlier Tuesday, Emory carjacked a woman at 1438 Peachtree Street in Atlanta, according to the GBI. The car in Marietta’s Tuesday morning standoff was the very same one Emory had taken from the woman, McPhilamy said.

In addition to Emory’s shooting, the GBI is investigating the Tuesday morning carjacking. Once its investigation is complete, case files will be turned over to the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office, according to the bureau.

(c)2021 Marietta Daily Journal, Ga.

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