Black female ATLANTA ATTORNEY FATALLY SHOT BY black MAN SHE WAS DATING, SUSPECT KILLED IN HAIL OF GUNFIRE

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10/20/2021 - W Peachtree St Incident - Updates Will be Here as Available​

Post Date:10/20/2021 7:40 AM

Many times, we learn of these incidents through rumors or news stories, both of which can be inaccurate. In an effort to keep you better informed, we’re releasing a preliminary statement regarding this officer involved shooting. Please remember that the information released is limited and keep in mind, as the investigation progresses, the preliminary information could change, as is common with active investigations.

Preliminary Statement:
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Chief Rodney Bryant and Deputy Chief Charles Hampton, Jr. provided sound regarding the OIS: https://fb.watch/8M4SKNmpgv/

The early information indicates that at 3:14 a.m., Atlanta Police Department (APD) officers responded to a report of gunfire at the Atlantic House, high-rise apartment building at 1163 West Peachtree Street. Officers determined that the source of the shots was coming from the 21st floor. Officers approached the scene and saw a man, later identified as Jarvis Jarrette, 32, of Milledgeville, GA who was actively shooting from a balcony. Jarrette fired a rifle at responding officers, and at least one officer returned fire. Officers went into the apartment and found one woman dead. Officers also found Jarrette dead on a balcony.

APD homicide investigators are investigating the original incident, the death of a woman and related incidents.

In keeping with normal procedure, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was notified and will lead the investigation.
Please keep in mind that above information is preliminary in nature and could change as the investigation progresses or new information comes to light.

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Original story APD are questioning News report is Atlanta police: Woman, killer dead after high-rise shootout
 
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Victim was Black woman.

Family at a 'loss of words' after woman killed inside Midtown Atlanta apartment building​


By Brian Hill

Published 5 hours ago

Victim killed in Midtown apartment shooting, identified​


Family members of Courtney Cox say she was in a relationship with suspected Midtown apartment shooting gunman Jarvis Jarrette. Shortly after 3 a.m. on October 20, Cox was shot and killed at the Atlantic House apartments.

ATLANTA - A family is devastated and at a loss of words right now.

Their daughter was found dead inside a Midtown apartment unit.
Her alleged killer caused chaos early Wednesday morning during a shootout with police.

GUNMAN, FEMALE VICTIM DEAD AFTER ACTIVE SHOOTING INCIDENT IN MIDTOWN

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Courtney Cox's loved ones confirm that she was in a relationship with her accused killer, 32-year-old Jarvis Jarrette.

The family said the 31-year-old was a beautiful soul who met a monster.

This was the scene early Wednesday morning after Atlanta police arrived at the high-rise apartment building on Peachtree Street in Midtown.

Police say Jarrette shot and killed Cox inside Atlantic House Midtown sometime after three in the morning.

"It appears that the suspect was inside the apartment," Deputy Chief Charles Hampton said. "There was no forced entry or anything like that."

Police said Jarrette then started firing a rifle at first responders from the balcony on the 21st floor.

At one point, investigators said he jumped from balcony to balcony, firing shots inside and outside the building, shooting up several units.

"As we were getting the information through 911, our dispatchers could hear gunfire being played throughout the building," Chief Rodney Bryant said.

At least one officer returned fire.

ATLANTA MAYOR, POLICE CHIEF FRUSTRATED BY PEOPLE RECORDING SHOOTING WITHOUT CALLING 911

1 dead in shooting a Midtown apartment building​


According to police, a man armed with an assault riffle shot and killed a woman and exchanged gunfire with police at the Atlantic House building.

They found Jarrette dead on a balcony.

The Paul Hastings Law Firm told us Cox had been an associate with them since 2016.

In a statement, they said:

"Courtney was a dear friend and colleague to our personnel here in Atlanta and throughout the Firm. We are deeply saddened by this tragedy, and we are focused on supporting Courtney’s family and one another through this difficult time."

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is now investigating this shooting.

This is the 79th officer-involved shooting they've been called to investigate this year.
 

Witnesses filmed Atlanta gunman who killed woman rather than call 911 ​

By
Lee Brown
October 21, 2021 2:01pm

Atlanta mayor urges citizens to call police instead of recording crimes
A gunman who killed a woman in a luxury Atlanta high-rise continued shooting from a 21st-floor balcony — but witnesses used their phones to film it for social media rather than call 911, according to frustrated officials.
Gunman Jarvis Jarrette, 32, was seen jumping from balcony to balcony in the early hours Wednesday, still firing into the Atlantic House Midtown as well as at the streets below, police said.
Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said there were “a number of people who videotaped what was occurring” rather than calling for help, similar to a distressing case days earlier in Philadelphia, where cops say commuters filmed a homeless man raping a woman on a train.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms pleaded with locals to always “please call 911” rather than posting online.
“We did start receiving phone calls but social media received information — and has received more information, quite frankly — than we have received through our 911 center,” she said from the shooting scene.
Gunman Jarvis Jarrette was seen jumping from balcony to balcony in the early hours Wednesday, still firing into the Atlantic House Midtown.WSBTV
“We just ask if you can put down your camera, put down your phone, call 911 and then allow us to do what we do,” she said.
When officers arrived, Jarrette was “actively shooting from a balcony” and “fired a rifle at responding officers,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said in a release.
“At least one officer returned fire,” the agency said. Jarrette was eventually found dead on a balcony, which the GBI said is being treated as an officer-involved shooting.
Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said there were “a number of people who videotaped what was occurring.”WSBTV
“Officers went into the apartment and found one woman dead,” the agency said. She was not identified, but was known to Jarrette, said cops, who were still trying to determine if he also lived in the building or was visiting.
The case comes just days after officials said passengers appeared to have filmed Fiston Ngoy, 35, as he allegedly raped a woman on a commuter train outside Philadelphia, rather than intervening or calling 911.
Despite earlier warnings that they could face charges, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced Wednesday that witnesses “should not fear prosecution.”
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms pleaded with locals to always “please call 911” rather than posting online.WSBTV
“Pennsylvania law does not allow for the prosecution of a passenger who may have witnessed a crime,” he said in a statement.
“I will focus the efforts of my office on holding the perpetrator accountable,” he said.
 
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