Earlier today the City of Atlanta
experienced an active shooter event.
We did get information that the
shooter may have come to Cobb County,
so we began to actually
check our Flock cameras.
We actually went back and did discover
that the vehicle had entered Cobb County.
The vehicle has since been
recovered by Atlanta PD.
So For more information about the vehicle
you need to contact them around 12:30.
By looking back at some of the cameras,
we did spot what appeared to
be a suspect in this area,
which is why we have such a heavy person.
This was a couple hours after the incident,
so this was around 2:30 or so that
we actually discovered that the
shooter was possibly in the area.
So we are still searching.
Right now we have not had any
eyewitness confirmation of the suspect.
This is all been video that we have
observed from our flock cameras in
our crime Real time crime center.
That's the only additional
information we have right now.
We do believe that he might
still be in the area.
So the car that was recovered,
where was the car found?
And I believe in a parking garage.
The vehicle was recovered in a
parking garage on what's the name of
that street again, Heritage Court.
It's near, it is near the battery.
It's a parking deck.
It's just near the battery.
That isn't that's that's a an
actual trade name Flock Those are
license plate recognition cameras
are real time. I don't know exactly
which cameras are real time.
Crime center has different cameras
that come in their DLT cameras
Flock cameras and some the flock
cameras are owned either by
us or by private organizations
image of images of the vehicle there was.
There were images of him that
were seen or recorded at 12:30.
I don't, I don't know the exact area,
the exact location,
but it is in this area. Yes,
it's been a lot of time since 12:30.
That's the last visual
confirmation we have from video.
We haven't had any confirmed
eyewitness sightings.
We've had calls come in,
but we have not been able to
confirm those eyewitness calls.
That carjacking happened in
Atlanta, so I don't know. You
tell us why you cordoned off that
area. Windy. Sorry,
I forgetting the street name.
Windy Ridge. Windy Ridge.
It's right near where
the vehicle was located.
OK, It wasn't because you
believed that he was still
and that was the area that
he was spotted or on camera.
We saw him on camera.
So you're able to confirm the vehicle
that you found in his capturing the plot.
I would defer to Atlanta because
I don't know if they have they
took they actually have possession
of the vehicle right now. I
have another vehicle being stolen
or are seen leaving that area.
We don't have any reports of another
vehicle being stolen in the area.
We we had a false alarm call
in earlier I believe was at
200 Galleria Parkway but that
turned out not to be the case.
There were no shots fired.
In the Campbell Middle
School right now we have not had
any confirmed sightings since our
own pulling up cameras at 12:30.
So we we don't know where he might be.
We believe he might still be in the area,
but we don't have confirmation of that.
So right now just remain
vigilant and please call 911.
The same message at Atlanta PD
has been pushing, pushing out,
we're pushing out the same message
all of metro Atlanta if you see him.
He's still considered armed and dangerous.
Please call 911.
And we had, I had a question right here.
There was some sort of situation
at Campbell Middle School.
Are you able to speak to that?
There was a lockdown for a time. Is
that unrelated, that that incident at
Campbell was totally unrelated to this?
I'm not 100% sure on the color.
And there was a question right here. I
understand that you have not caught
the suspect, but given the fact
that the victims were four women,
one dead. Is there any motive?
Is there any kind of a hint of a motive?
I I can't, I can't respond to an
incident that happened in Atlanta,
Atlanta's jurisdiction.
I don't know anything about that
incident other than what's been reported.
Once again, the vehicle was turned
over to Atlanta police reports
of any carjacking since the
carjacking Midtown in this area.
No, I think that was that was a
miscommunication that went out earlier.
We didn't have a we did
not have a carjacking here.
Clarify, you said that the flock cameras,
is it accurate to call this traffic cameras?
No, there are license plate recognition
cameras but our real time crime center
doesn't just rely on those cameras.
We the the cameras that we actually
saw the suspect with were Department
of Transportation DLT cameras which
are part of our real time crime center
only if only if the information
is input into the system.
Like I said we we were actually alerted
to this two hours after it was.
Actually occurred.
So we were a little bit behind because
that's when we got the alert 2 hours after.
Yes, the footage saw him around 12:30.
Yes, he was picked up.
He was picked up on camera around 12:30,
but we didn't see it until 2:30.
Yes, that's through our
real time crime center. Yes.
I don't know which camera it was. Now
we saw it. We don't have an individual
verification from an eyewitness,
but he is on camera. Yes
vehicle and him is there a shelter in
place, order in place in effect
in any parts of cloud. Right now
we have not issued any shelter in
place orders, but we have when
following up and thinking that he
might be in a certain location,
we've exercised exceptional due caution
and we sent in a lot of officers as
I think there's been several videos.
Around where a lot of officers
have been responding to locations.
That's because we've had unverified
accounts that he might be at the
location and of course when we
arrive he's not there and we find
out it was not that person.
We've had several calls come in already,
but we still want the public to call in
if they do believe that they see him.
Was
the image clear enough, Sergeant,
that you could see whether
this guy changed clothing?
I I, I don't have any specific
information about the image other than.
Our investigators believe that it is him.
So I don't know about clothing
details and I think Denise,
you had a question. You
guys have been in and out of that building,
but you're still at that location.
The last known location on
video for him is in that area.
So we still haven't had any
confirmation either through video.
Or through independent eyewitnesses
that he's not in that area.
So that's why we're still
concentrating heavily in that area,
sneaking or just trying to look normal.
I don't have,
I don't have any information
about his behavior in the video
other than just confirmation
that it was possibly him. Cobb
County had ever had any interactions
with him, with the Police Department.
I don't know about his history.
And even if I had criminal history,
I wouldn't be able to discuss that with you.
I
don't know. That don't know.
I don't have the name of the apartment.
They've been several.
I know there's several apartment
complexes around here that are
close enough to that area where
the the camera picked him up.
So that's why we've been
concentrating in the area.
So I think there are a couple of
different complexes in the area.
Check with Atlanta police
regarding the vehicle.
Do you know where the camera is located?
Was it on a street light?
Was it on a?
Most of our dot cameras are on
the traffic light level,
they're up in that area.
So but I don't know what
this particular camera was.
You said
no visual confirmation since like 1230.
Do you have any indication
that you're closing in on them?
You've got everything that I've,
I've got, that's all I got with the last
visual confirmation we have was 12/30.
Last confirmed visual confirmation
or visual image we had was 12/30.
Guys, that's all I have.
One more time. Where was that?
Sorry, I missed the top. Where was that
image taken? That was taken
from a dot camera. That's the.
The last snow image was at 12:30.
So we had here in Cobb County.
Here in Cobb County, yes. Any
other specifics on where that was?
Yes, in the area it was near.
Give me the street name again.
Heritage Court, is that it?
Yes, in the vicinity of Windy
Ridge Parkway and Heritage Court.
Could it be out good?
I I can't speculate. I don't know.
All right, guys, that's all I got for you.