Knife-Wielding Woman Shot by GA Deputies
- A woman holding a knife ran toward deputies and was injured in a police shooting, GBI reports. - She continued fighting after being shot and was also tased by authorities. - The incident underscores risks in mental health-related police encounters (patch.com).
A 26-year-old Marietta woman was shot by Cobb County police on Jan. 28 after officers confronted her on Fairground Street. (gbi.georgia.gov) The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Rebekah Patterson was injured and no officers were hurt. The state agency said Cobb County police asked it to handle the shooting investigation. (gbi.georgia.gov) Georgia uses the Georgia Bureau of Investigation as the outside agency in many police shootings. Its 2026 statewide log lists Patterson’s case as a nonfatal officer-involved shooting in Cobb County. (gbi.georgia.gov) That same statewide log shows multiple nonfatal police shootings in metro Atlanta in the first months of 2026, including cases in Fulton, Clayton and Gwinnett counties. The entries identify the date, agency, location, subject and whether the person died. (gbi.georgia.gov) Patch reported this case involved a woman holding a knife who ran toward deputies, was shot, kept fighting and was then tased. The outlet said the encounter raised questions that often surface when police respond to people in mental distress. (patch.com) The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s public release did not include those additional details in the version available on its site. It said only that Patterson was shot and injured, no officers were injured, and the case will go to the Cobb Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office after the investigation. (gbi.georgia.gov) That handoff is the standard next step in Georgia Bureau of Investigation shooting cases. For now, the public record is split between the state agency’s brief release and Patch’s fuller account of what officers said happened in Marietta. (gbi.georgia.gov)
