COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Police are investigating a shooting involving an officer at the Cobb County Police Department headquarters.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Rebekah Patterson, 26, came to the police department on Fairground St. SE and asked to speak with an officer.
When the officer met her outside, she pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the officer.
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After the officer ordered her to put down the gun and she did not comply, the officer shot her multiple times.
Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell is at the headquarters and saw a large portion of the parking lot blocked by police tape and police evidence markers scattered on the ground.
Patterson was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
No officers were injured.
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