By Arielle Kass
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A police chase that ended in the death of an armed robbery suspect on Interstate 75 south led police to shut down the highway for almost six hours Sunday.
The suspect, who was not named by police, allegedly robbed a Marathon station on Bells Ferry Road at Victoria Road in Woodstock. According to a statement from Lt. Jay Baker with the Cherokee sheriff’s office, the suspect in the armed robbery and his vehicle matched the description in another armed robbery in Cobb County earlier Sunday morning.
Two Woodstock police officers chased the suspect on I-575 south into Cobb County, the statement said. Several officers attempted to stop the suspect. Police followed the vehicle onto I-75 south and stopped the car near Exit 263.
After the suspect pointed a firearm at the officers, they shot and killed the man, the statement said.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking in to the shooting and took photographs at the scene, said John Bankhead, a GBI spokesman.
I-75 south at North Marietta Parkway reopened at 4:45 p.m. From 11 a.m., only the road’s left shoulder was open.
Police were dispatched to the Marathon robbery at 9:39 a.m. and followed the suspect into Cobb County at 10:15 a.m.
The suspect’s name will be released after next of kin has been notified.
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