Carjacker, Victim Killed in Cobb (carjacker killed by armed citizen)
Date: Sep 15, 2005 9:22 PM
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Carjacker, Victim Killed in Cobb

Reported By: Kevin Rowson
Web Editor: Ian Stinson
Web Editor: Tracey Christensen
Last Modified: 9/13/2005 5:22:31 AM

An armed bystander shot and killed a carjacker Monday
morning in Acworth, Ga., after the suspect caused an
accident that killed his female victim.

Late that evening, police were continuing to piece together
details of the carjacking and accident that shut down Cobb
Parkway (U.S. 41) at Acworth Drive.

According to police, sometime after 9 a.m., 30-year-old
Kimberly Boyd of Acworth stopped at a gas station at Highway
41 and Upper 92/Lake Acworth Drive in Cobb County. A man
there approached Boyd and carjacked her, taking her with
him.

Some witnesses said the woman struggled with her assailant,
who also beat her before speeding away in her vehicle.
Other witnesses said the woman struggled with the man after
the carjacker drove off with her in tow.

Traveling down the roadway, the sport-utility vehicle
ultimately struck a guardrail before the carjacker tried to
turn eastbound onto Lake Acworth Drive from southbound Cobb
Parkway. He veered the sport-utility vehicle directly into
the path of a large green cement truck traveling northbound,
police said.

The cement truck T-boned the Sequioa, killing the young
mother when the truck struck the passenger side of her
vehicle, police said.

Still carrying a handgun, the carjacker fled from the SUV on
foot, running toward the Raceway gas station on the
northeast corner of the intersection.

A man who had witnessed the carjacking and followed the
Sequioa in his black 2004 Dodge Ram truck confronted the
gunman in the intersection. According to police, the
citizen ? identified as Shawn Roberts ? shot the suspect
three times, killing him.

Roberts, of Acworth, was taken into custody for questioning
by Cobb County police. Via telephone, he later told
11Alive?s Kevin Rowson he had no choice but to shoot the
carjacker because he was turning his gun toward him.
Roberts said it was him or the carjacker.

Rebecca Porter, who says she saw the shooting from her
nearby business, says Roberts? actions might have actually
prevented another loss of life.

?He didn?t have a chance,? she said.

?He pointed his gun and the other guy started shooting,
which is a good thing because if he had gotten away,
somebody else could have gotten hurt. So, I feel bad for
him, but I?m kind of grateful. That I?m normally here
alone, it?s really scary.?

Cobb County police said it appeared the citizen acted
lawfully and, quite possibly, prevented another crime from
taking place.

?The suspect was armed and, at some point, as he began to
bring the weapon up, the civilian, who was armed, shot and
killed him here at this location,” said Cobb police Cpl.
Dana Pierce.

The name of the cement truck driver had not been released by
Monday evening. Police said he did not suffer any injury in
the crash.

The carjacker?s description also drew Acworth police to the
scene Monday because it fit one given of a man who is wanted
for brutally raping a woman in Acworth last Tuesday.

Acworth police Officer Wayne Dennard said, ?Like I said, the
general description does match, so we?re going to follow
that through. Hopefully, upon autopsy we?ll be able to
confirm our evidence notes from the rape scene to this
suspect.?

Last week, a man posing as an evacuee from Louisiana
approached a woman as she walked out her front door. The
man beat and raped the woman inside her apartment before
forcing her to drive to a bank in Cobb County and take money
out of an ATM.

When the woman approached the bank, she ran inside the
building to seek help. The suspect fled from the scene in
the woman’s car, which was later found abandoned.

Investigators are likely to use DNA evidence to determine if
there is a connection between the Acworth suspect and the
slain carjacker in Cobb County.