GBI investigates Smyrna police shooting of armed man in Cobb neighborhood

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is investigating a shooting involving a Smyrna police officer in Cobb County. Officers responded to a call about an armed man on Benson Poole Road and Smyrna Powder Springs Road. Video footage shows the man walking towards officers with a gun, despite repeated commands to put it down. The officers fired multiple shots, and the man was taken to the hospital. Witnesses reported that the man had been waving his gun at people and pointing it at drivers. The GBI investigation is ongoing.