Man shot by deputy responding to domestic dispute after wife calls 911, hangs up

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — A Bartow County deputy shot a man after officers responded to a domestic violence call in Adairsville on Monday.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said a woman called 911 and then abruptly hung up. A man, identified as James Lee Rourks, called back from the same number and told police “everything was fine.”

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Officers went to the home off Barnsley Village Drive to check. At the house, Rourks’ wife told officers there was a domestic dispute and Rourks had a gun.

When he came back inside, Adairsville officers said he would not follow their commands. They called the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office to help with a potentially barricaded gunman.

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Deputies went into the house and found Rourks. Inside, a deputy shot at Rourks and injured him. Paramedics took Rourks to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Adairsville police have charged Rourks with aggravated assault by strangulation and interfering with a 911 call.

The GBI said no officers were injured during the incident.

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