Man shot, killed by Newnan police officer responding to domestic call, GBI says

NEWNAN, Ga. — A man was shot and killed by a Newnan police officer responding to a domestic call Sunday evening, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Newnan police responded to a domestic call on Second Avenue around 5:22 p.m. after a neighbor called 911. When officers arrived, no one at the home answered the door.

The GBI said police ran a license plate check on a car outside the home and identified a woman who lived at the home. Officers called, but no one answered the phone.

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The GBI said Newnan police SWAT team and hostage negotiators were called to the scene. When the SWAT team approached the home around 7 p.m., on officer said there was a man with a knife through the window and a woman sitting on the ground.

The GBI said the man started walking toward the woman with a knife and that is when the officer shot through the window several times and hit the man.

The man, identified as 37-year-old Sean Kinney, died from his injuries. The woman was not harmed.

This is seventh officer-involved shooting that the GBI has been asked to investigate in 2022.

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