A 20-year-old man was shot in the leg late Tuesday night at the Osborne Hills Apartments in Marietta, sending him into surgery and leaving Cobb County investigators searching for a shooter. Officers responded to reports of a person shot at around 10:04 p.m. at 2751 Hammondton Road, where they found the victim wounded and began first aid before paramedics arrived.
According to FOX 5 Atlanta, officers located the man with a gunshot wound to his right leg and provided first aid until paramedics took him to a local hospital, where he underwent surgery. Police have not released the man's condition following the operation, nor have they disclosed any details about a suspect or what led up to the shooting.
Cobb County Police Major Crimes Unit detectives are now leading the investigation, the station's report notes. The unit, which issued the press release detailing the incident, includes specialized squads for homicide, robbery, crime scene processing and digital crime analysis, according to the Cobb County Courier.
A South Cobb Complex Built Decades Ago
Osborne Hills offers two- and three-bedroom layouts, per Homes.com.
The complex falls within the patrol territory of Cobb County Police Precinct 2, which covers South Cobb County and operates out of headquarters on Austell Road in Austell, per the South Cobb Business Association. Police have asked anyone with information about Tuesday night's shooting to call them at 770-499-3945.
Part of a Recurring Pattern in South Cobb
This is not the first apartment complex shooting the Major Crimes Unit has investigated in the Marietta area this year. A June 30, 2026, shooting at the Stratford Ridge complex on Delk Road left a man shot in his vehicle, as Hoodline previously reported.
The incident also fits into broader countywide crime figures. Georgia Bureau of Investigation statistics show Cobb County recorded nearly 16,000 total crimes in 2024, placing it third in overall crime volume among Georgia counties behind Fulton and DeKalb, according to John Foy & Associates.
Anyone with information on the Osborne Hills shooting can contact police at 770-499-3945. As of now, the identity of the shooter, the circumstances that led to the gunfire, and the victim's condition after surgery all remain unknown.
