Christopher Smith

Name of Accused:
Smith, Christopher

Date of Arrest:
07/19/2024


Charges For Arrest:
Aggravated Assault With a Deadly Weapon
Aggravated Assault With a Deadly Weapon
Officer’s Narrative:
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On May 19th, 2024
at approximately 1612 hours, I Deputy H.Fischer badge 90 was in the area of Bill Carruth Parkway and Hiram Sudie Road whenever a call for a person shot came out in the area I was in. I located two vehicles pulled over on Hiram Sudie Road just before the intersection, one being a silver suv and the other a purple dodge charger, to the side of the road and a black male, later identified as the victim, walking on the road. I spoke with the parties by the two vehicles briefly and they explained that the black male walking on the side of the road had been shot. I made with the male who appeared to have road rash all over his body and was bleeding from the arm.
I asked the victim, later identified as [VICTIM ], if he was shot. He advised he was and held up his right arm. There appeared to be blood coming from the elbow portion of his arm through a black in color jacket. I cut the sleeve off the jacket using scissors I carry on my person and Sergeant Ellison badge 37 arrived on scene and provided a tourniquet. I applied the tourniquet to the upper portion of Mr. [VICTIM ]’s right arm and tightened it. I then began to gather information.
All Mr. [VICTIM ] would advise was that he was walking on the road and someone he knew, who he called “Bless” pulled up to him in a silver in color Dodge Journey. He was suppose to give Bless $40 and talked to him about going to the store. He reached in the vehicle to hand him the money and Bless began to drive off. He hung onto the vehicle and was being drug by the car. Bless then pulled out a Glock handgun and shot him. He came off of the vehicle and into the road. Bless lives in the area of Chicago Park in Douglasville near where he used to live but does not know the address.
As I was gathering information, Metro EMS arrived on scene and Mr. [VICTIM ] walked to the ambulance and got into the ambulance. Deputy T.Hambrick badge 247 began to speak with Mr. [VICTIM ] as I communicated information over radio and with other deptuies on scene. Metro EMS began assessing Mr. [VICTIM ] and transported him to Cobb County Hospital. I was unable to gather any more information from Mr. [VICTIM ].
I tried to figure out where this originally took place and Mr. [VICTIM ] advised it was near an intersection on Hiram Sudie Road. The nearest intersection with a side street was Hickory Leaf Drive. Mr. [VICTIM ] advised that was it. Other units began checked the area for a shell casing or any more evidence. Sgt. Ellison advised me that there was a cell phone, credit card and a knife in the roadway, in the lanes of Hiram Sudie Road just before the intersection of Bill Carruth Parkway. Deputy K.Capes badge 45 and Deputy Langston badge 382 took pictures of the items located in the road way and gathered the evidence in a brown paper bag and turned them over to me.
A BOLO was placed for the silver Dodge Journey possibly heading to Douglas County. At this time, there is nothing further on the vehicle description or the suspect description. Sergeant Ellison spoke with the occupants of the two vehicles and a supplemental will be added to this report in reference to his encounter. A Deputy is enroute to the hospital with the victim at the time of this report. Crime Scene Divsion (CID) was ed as well. The items recovered the roadway were placed into evidence.
[End of Narrative]