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Date: Sep 14, 2005 10:06 AM
Carjacker, Victim Killed in Cobb
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Kevin Rowson Reports

Sketch of suspect wanted for beating and raping a woman in Acworth, Ga.

The Acworth Police Department closed Cobb Parkway (US-41) at Acworth Dr. after a
shooting and accident.

Reported By: Kevin Rowson
(GA) Fleeing Carjacker Killed in Cobb by Witness 09/13/05
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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 actualy 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.