Mableton Man Shot By Police, Accused Of Pointing Gun At People

MABLETON, GA — A Mableton man accused of pointing a long gun at several people is in jail after being shot by officers Sunday, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations.

The Cobb County Police Department was responding around 7:45 p.m. to reports of a man spending several hours walking around a Mableton neighborhood with a long gun. The GBI said the man had been pointing his gun at several people in that period.

When officers told the man to put down his gun, the GBI said he refused. The GBI added "at some point during the incident," officers shot the man.

He ran inside of his David Lane home with the gun, and after several hours in a SWAT standoff, the man surrendered, the GBI said.

He has been identified by the GBI as Jose Razo, 35. His injuries were not life threatening, and he was taken to a hospital before being released to the Cobb County Jail, the GBI said.

No officers were injured in the case, the GBI said.

The GBI is investigating, starting Monday, and will turn the case over to the Cobb County District Attorney's Office.

This is the first shooting involving police the GBI has been requested to investigate in 2023.