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Accused Cop Killer Remains In Jail

Police: Suspect Had Outstanding Warrant

Robert Cook, the man charged with murder in the shooting death of Chattahoochee Hills police Officer Mike Vogt, made his first court appearance Thursday.

State Court Judge J. Altman denied bond for Cook.

Services for Vogt begin on Friday.

A viewing will be held Friday at 4 p.m. at Ramah Baptist Church in Palmetto.

His funeral will be Saturday at noon at the First Baptist Church of Atlanta at 4400 N. Peachtree Road.

Burial will follow at Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs.

Thousands of fellow police officers from across the state are expected to attend the funeral. The motorcade from the church to the cemetery will consist of up to 1,000 cars and could take an hour to make the trip.

A SWAT team took Cook, 44, into custody Wednesday afternoon at a home in Fairburn, a few miles from where the shooting happened. Channel 2 Action News reporter Richard Elliot questioned Cook as he was being put in the back of a patrol car. Cook told Elliot that he was "sorry for the officer's family." Cook was taken to the Fulton County Jail.

Robert Cook

Robert Cook

At a news conference Wednesday evening, Chattahoochee Hills police Chief Damon Jones said Cook was interviewed by GBI agents. Authorities also said they recovered a vehicle and a weapon. They said that weapon was analyzed at the GBI crime lab.

Vogt was shot and killed Monday with a high-powered weapon as he drove along Vernon Grove Road in south Fulton County, according to police. Jones told Elliot that Vogt was driving down a dirt road in his squad car Monday afternoon when he noticed a man urinating alongside the road so Vogt stopped to investigate. Authorities said Cook already had an outstanding warrant and didn’t want to go back to jail, so he opened fire on Vogt.


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Vogt was able to put his patrol car in reverse, back up for about 50 yards and radio for help.

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Suspect (in light blue shirt) is taken to Fairburn police headquarters

After the attack, authorities posted a $35,000 reward in the case and announced that they were searching for a 1983 Chrysler LeBaron. Authorities said the vehicle that they recovered is not a LeBaron, but similar in design.

Vogt was a veteran officer, having worked some 20 years with various agencies in and around south Fulton County. Before going to work for Chattahoochee Hills, the county's newest city, Vogt worked as a reserve officer for the Union City police.

Friends said Vogt was also raising his 13-year-old grandchild because his daughter died during childbirth.

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