Crime & Safety
Woodstock Man Killed In Cobb County Shooting
The victim's body was found April 1 on the lawn outside a home in Kennesaw.
KENNESAW, GA-- The Cobb County Police Department has charged an Acworth resident with the murder of a Woodstock man found dead Saturday evening.
Naeem Jakwan Edwards, 19, has been charged with felony murder and aggravated assault with intent to murder, the police department said.
Cobb uniform officers were dispatched around 9:47 p.m. April 1 to a person down call at a home in the 100 block of West Station Drive.
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Officers arrived and found a man dead in the yard from apparent gunshot wounds, the agency said in its press release.
The victim was identified as Justin C. Dallas, 23, of Woodstock, and no other details about the shooting have been released at this time.
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Edwards was arrested Sunday evening, and remains held without bond at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.
The fatal shooting remains under investigation, and anyone with details is asked to call the Cobb County Police Department Crimes Against Persons Unit at (770) 499-3945.
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