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(Updated by NNN Editor)
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Brian Clark - the dead carjacker and suspected rapist
Kimberly D. Boyd - the White victim
Shawn Roberts - the armed Citizen
An armed bystander shot and killed a carjacker Monday morning in Acworth, Ga., after the suspect caused an accident that killed his female victim.
Late that evening, police were continuing to piece together details of the carjacking and accident that shut down Cobb Parkway (U.S. 41) at Acworth Drive.
According to police, sometim
e after 9 a.m., 30-year-old Kimberly Boyd of Acworth stopped at a gas station at Highway 41 and Upper 92/Lake Acworth Drive in Cobb County. A man there approached Boyd and carjacked
her, taking her with him.
Some witnesses said the woman struggled with her assailant, who also beat her before speeding away in her vehicle. Other witnesses said the woman struggled with the man after the carjacker drove off with her in tow.
Traveling down the roadway, the sport-utility vehicle ultimately struck a guardrail before the carjacker tried to turn eastbound onto Lake Acworth Drive from southbound Cobb Parkway. He veered the sport-utility vehicle directly into the path of a large green cement truck traveling northbound, police said.
The cement truck T-boned the Sequioa, killing the young mother when the truck struck the passenger side of her vehicle, police said.
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Still carrying a handgun, the carjacker fled from the SUV on foot, running toward the Raceway gas station on the northeast corner of the intersection.
A man who had witnessed the carjacking and fo
llowed the Sequioa in his black 2004 Dodge Ram truck confronted the gunman in the intersection. According to police, the citizen ' identified as Shawn Roberts ' shot the suspect three times, killing him.
Roberts, of Acworth, was taken into custody for questioning by Cobb County police. Via telephone, he later told 11Alive's Kevin Rowson he had no choice but to shoot the carjacker because he was turning his gun toward him. Roberts said it was him or the carjacker.
Rebecca Porter, who says she saw the shooting from her nearby business, says Roberts' actions might have actualy prevented another loss of life.
He didn't have a chance, she said.
He pointed his gun and the other guy started shooting, which is a good thing because if he had
gotten
aw
ay, somebody else could have gotten hurt. So, I feel bad for him, but I'm kind of grateful. That I'm normally here alone, it's really scary.
Cobb County police said it appeared the citizen acted lawfully and, quite p
ossibly, prevented another crime from taking place.
The suspect was armed and, at some point, as he began to bring the weapon up, the civilian, who was armed, shot and killed him here at this location," said Cobb police Cpl. Dana Pierce.
The name of the cement truck driver had not been released by Monday evening. Police said he did not suffer any injury in the crash.
[b]The carjacker's description also drew Acworth police to the scene Monday because it fit one given of a man who is wanted for brutally raping a woman in Acworth last Tuesday.[/b]
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Acworth police Officer Wayne Dennard said, Like I said,
the genera
l desc
ription does match, so we're going to follow that through. Hopefully, upon autopsy we'll be able to confirm our evidence notes from the rape scene to this suspect.
Last week, a man posing as an evacuee from Louisiana approached a woman as she walked out her front door. Th
e man beat and raped the woman inside her apartment before forcing her to drive to a bank in Cobb County and take money out of an ATM.
When the woman approached the bank, she ran inside the building to seek help. The suspect fled from the scene in the woman's car, which was later found abandoned.
Investigators are likely to use DNA evidence to determine if there is a connection between the Acworth suspect and the slain carjacker in Cobb County.
(Updated by NNN Editor)
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Brian Clark - the dead carjacker and suspected rapist
Kimberly D. Boyd - the White victim
Shawn Roberts - the armed Citizen
An armed bystander shot and killed a carjacker Monday morning in Acworth, Ga., after the suspect caused an accident that killed his female victim.
Late that evening, police were continuing to piece together details of the carjacking and accident that shut down Cobb Parkway (U.S. 41) at Acworth Drive.
According to police, sometim
e after 9 a.m., 30-year-old Kimberly Boyd of Acworth stopped at a gas station at Highway 41 and Upper 92/Lake Acworth Drive in Cobb County. A man there approached Boyd and carjacked
her, taking her with him.
Some witnesses said the woman struggled with her assailant, who also beat her before speeding away in her vehicle. Other witnesses said the woman struggled with the man after the carjacker drove off with her in tow.
Traveling down the roadway, the sport-utility vehicle ultimately struck a guardrail before the carjacker tried to turn eastbound onto Lake Acworth Drive from southbound Cobb Parkway. He veered the sport-utility vehicle directly into the path of a large green cement truck traveling northbound, police said.
The cement truck T-boned the Sequioa, killing the young mother when the truck struck the passenger side of her vehicle, police said.
http://www.11alive.com/assetpool/images/0591210416_acworthwreckc230173.jpg' bor
der=
'0 alt='user posted image' />
Still carrying a handgun, the carjacker fled from the SUV on foot, running toward the Raceway gas station on the northeast corner of the intersection.
A man who had witnessed the carjacking and fo
llowed the Sequioa in his black 2004 Dodge Ram truck confronted the gunman in the intersection. According to police, the citizen ' identified as Shawn Roberts ' shot the suspect three times, killing him.
Roberts, of Acworth, was taken into custody for questioning by Cobb County police. Via telephone, he later told 11Alive's Kevin Rowson he had no choice but to shoot the carjacker because he was turning his gun toward him. Roberts said it was him or the carjacker.
Rebecca Porter, who says she saw the shooting from her nearby business, says Roberts' actions might have actualy prevented another loss of life.
He didn't have a chance, she said.
He pointed his gun and the other guy started shooting, which is a good thing because if he had
gotten
aw
ay, somebody else could have gotten hurt. So, I feel bad for him, but I'm kind of grateful. That I'm normally here alone, it's really scary.
Cobb County police said it appeared the citizen acted lawfully and, quite p
ossibly, prevented another crime from taking place.
The suspect was armed and, at some point, as he began to bring the weapon up, the civilian, who was armed, shot and killed him here at this location," said Cobb police Cpl. Dana Pierce.
The name of the cement truck driver had not been released by Monday evening. Police said he did not suffer any injury in the crash.
[b]The carjacker's description also drew Acworth police to the scene Monday because it fit one given of a man who is wanted for brutally raping a woman in Acworth last Tuesday.[/b]
[img]http://www.11alive.com/assetpool/images/05912185850_carjack-suspect.jpg
Acworth police Officer Wayne Dennard said, Like I said,
the genera
l desc
ription does match, so we're going to follow that through. Hopefully, upon autopsy we'll be able to confirm our evidence notes from the rape scene to this suspect.
Last week, a man posing as an evacuee from Louisiana approached a woman as she walked out her front door. Th
e man beat and raped the woman inside her apartment before forcing her to drive to a bank in Cobb County and take money out of an ATM.
When the woman approached the bank, she ran inside the building to seek help. The suspect fled from the scene in the woman's car, which was later found abandoned.
Investigators are likely to use DNA evidence to determine if there is a connection between the Acworth suspect and the slain carjacker in Cobb County.
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