SWAT Officer Fatally Shoots Man During Standoff in Adairsville After Threatening Law Enforcement

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On Sunday afternoon, a man named Chris Cochran, 60, was fatally shot by a Bartow County SWAT officer during a standoff at his home on Wesley Mill Drive near Adairsville. The incident began when Cochran threatened his wife and a crisis intervention team, prompting them to seek shelter at a neighbor's house. After barricading himself inside and pointing a long gun at law enforcement, a SWAT officer shot him; he was pronounced dead at the scene, and the GBI is conducting an independent investigation.