ATLANTA — Editor's note: The video above is from previous coverage of the shooting.
A man is dead after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said he allegedly pointed a gun at officers -- prompting them to shoot back at him in Smyrna Friday afternoon.
Authorities identified the suspect on Saturday morning as a 26-year-old man from Smyrna named Marthely Theodore.
The Smyrna Police Department said their officers, along with Cobb Police, responded around 4:37 p.m. on Friday after dispatch received multiple calls about an armed man in the area of Benson Poole Road and Crimson Maple Way. The location is near Woodland Falls by Arium Apartments and not far from the Family Dollar along South Cobb Drive.
"Our officers arrived on scene and made contact with the armed suspect. Officers were confronted by the armed man who pointed a firearm at them and was not compliant with verbal commands causing our officers to fire weapons," Smyrna Police said in a release.
At that time, Smyrna Police said Theodore was taken to the hospital, adding that officers were not hurt during the incident. GBI updated 11Alive earlier on Saturday, stating that Theodore was in critical condition. Later, around 10:30 a.m., the department said he'd died.
A woman at the scene, who did not want to be identified, said she made eye contact with the armed man-- while she was in her car, and he pointed the gun at her. She added the man was also waving the gun at other people.
"Some gunshots were heard," she said. "It was... scary."
Authorities released no other details. The GBI said it will continue to update us as we learn more, adding that it's the 81st shooting involving an officer the team has investigated.
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