Incident

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    8-17-2024 Georgia Hiram 2-1

    Location

    August 17, 2024

    30 Foggy Creek Ln
    Hiram, Georgia

    Participants

    • Type: Victim
    • Participant Characteristics:
      • Law Enforcement
    • Name: Deputy Brandon Cunningham
    • Age: 30
    • Age Group: Adult 18+
    • Gender: Male
    • Status: Killed
    • Type: Victim
    • Name: Kim Thao Vu
    • Age: 52
    • Age Group: Adult 18+
    • Gender: Female
    • Status: Injured
    • Type: Subject-Suspect
    • Relationship: Significant others - current or former
    • Name: James Samuel Atkins
    • Age: 42
    • Age Group: Adult 18+
    • Gender: Male
    • Status: Killed

    Incident Characteristics

    • Shot - Wounded/Injured
    • Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
    • Suicide^
    • Murder/Suicide
    • Officer Involved Incident
    • Officer Involved Shooting - Officer killed
    • Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
    • Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator suicide at standoff
    • Police Targeted
    • Domestic Violence

    Notes

    Police "ambushed" when reporting to DV call; suspect shot officer, wife, then self. Report long gun

    Guns Involved

    1 gun involved.

    • Type: Unknown

    District

    Congressional District: 14
    State Senate District: 31
    State House District: 19