South Florida native killed in Georgia

Cobb County, GA – A South Florida native has been recognized as certainly one of two sheriff’s deputies killed in a shootout in an Atlanta suburb on Thursday night time.

In keeping with the Cobb County Sheriff’s Workplace, Jon Koleski, 42, and Marshall Ervin, 38, died after a firefight in Marietta simply earlier than 8 p.m.

Koleski graduated from Western Excessive College in Davie in 1998. His mom nonetheless lives in Dawn.

“It’s very actual, however surreal on the identical time, as a result of a part of me doesn’t need to consider it’s true,” Melissa Marchetti, Koleski’s youthful sister stated. “I simply really feel like a gaping gap. There’s like a void that’s by no means going to be stuffed.”

Authorities have arrested Christopher Golden and charged him with three counts of felony homicide and three counts of aggravated assault of a police officer.

Koleski and Ervin initially arrived on the house to serve a warrant for Christopher Cook dinner for felony theft.

“They had been heading again to their cruiser and the suspect’s car pulled up and simply ambushed them,”Marchetti stated.

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“Inexpressible condolences exit to the households of the 2 heroes who gave their lives final night time on this group,” Cobb County Police Chief Stuart VanHoozer stated at a information convention Friday afternoon. “The households and pals and coworkers of the officers are in our ideas.”

Koleski served three excursions in Afghanistan and Iraq with the US Military earlier than becoming a member of the Cobb County Sheriff’s Workplace. He had labored as a deputy with the county for 15 years.

Koleski’s household in South Florida plans to journey to Georgia on Tuesday to hitch his spouse, Amy, for his funeral.

“Issues like this occur within the motion pictures, you hear it within the information, however you don’t image that it’s going to occur to you,” Marchetti stated.

The Cobb County Sheriff’s workplace has organized a crowdfunding marketing campaign to help the officers’ households. Koleski’s household has additionally arrange a a web page on Gofundme. These hyperlinks are beneath:

https://cobbsheriffsfoundation.org/donations/donate-to-fallen-heroes/