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Man shot by Cobb police after allegedly attacking Publix employees, cops

By Asia Simone Burns
A man was shot by a Cobb County police officer after authorities said he attacked several people Sunday morning, including grocery store employees and law enforcement officers.

The incident began with a 911 call from the Publix shopping center on Alabama Road about 7 a.m., Cobb police spokesman Sgt. Wayne Delk said in a news release. Officers were sent to the store after someone reported a man was physically attacking employees as they arrived, he said. The man, identified by the GBI as 22-year-old Jeffery Thomas Moore of Woodstock, was gone by the time police arrived. However, the department received more 911 calls reporting a man was attacking people in nearby parking lots, according to Delk.

When police found the man, he attacked several officers, leaving one injured, Delk said. Moore refused to comply with the officers’ commands and ran away, according to GBI spokeswoman Natalie Ammons. Police later found him hiding in a yard on Bedell Road. Moore once again disobeyed orders when police tried to arrest him, Ammons said. Officers tried to shock him with a Taser while trying to take him into custody.

One of the officers fired his weapon at Moore, according to Ammons. He was hit, but managed to run away once more, she said.

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North Charleston police won’t charge 16-year-old girl with shooting stepdad in self-defense

By Sara Coello Scoello
North Charleston police said they’re not planning to a charge a 16-year-old girl with shooting her mother’s husband after hearing she did so in self-defense.

The teenager, whose name wasn’t released due to her age, was on Remount Road with her mother and stepfather when he attacked the adult woman outside of a car, Deputy Chief Scott Deckard said.

The man passed his stepdaughter a handgun as she and her mother got into the vehicle, according to Deckard. When he grabbed a piece of concrete and hit the car with it, threatening to kill the pair, the girl shot him in the head and shoulder.

He was taken to Trident Medical Center, according to the report, where he is recovering.

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Read the rest here: Post and Courier

Off-Duty Officer Shoots Man Who Lunged at Him With Scissors, Police Say
The incident occurred on the 2400 block of South 7th Street Saturday shortly before 6 p.m.

By David Chang
An off-duty officer shot a man who lunged at him with a pair of scissors, Philadelphia police said.

The off-duty officer, a 3-year veteran with the 17th district, was visiting a home on the 2500 block of South 7th Street Saturday around 6 p.m. when he heard the sound of breaking glass outside.

The officer looked out the window and spotted a man in his 60’s overturning recycling bins.

Police said the officer walked toward the man, identified himself and told him to stop. The man in his 60’s then allegedly lunged at the officer with a pair of scissors.

The officer then pulled out a gun and fired four shots, police said. The man was shot three times in the wrist, leg and left side. He was taken to Jefferson University Hospital where he is currently in critical condition.

The officer was not injured during the incident. Police said he will be taken off street duty pending a review by Internal Affairs.

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Read the rest here: NBC Philadelphia

Rock yesterday, scissors today. Not going there, Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes. Anyway, a poor man’s Trifecta for the day.

“Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.” -Howard Zinn

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