On the evening of September 8, 2022, Cobb County Sheriff’s Deputy Marshall Samual Ervin Jr., 38, was shot and killed while serving a felony theft warrant at a residence on Hampton Glen Court in Marietta, Georgia. A ten-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, he was a husband and father of two daughters. Deputy Ervin and his partner, Deputy Jonathan Koleski, were taking a man named Christopher Cook into custody in the driveway when another person inside the home, identified as Christopher Golden, confronted them with a firearm.

Deputies ordered Golden to drop the weapon; he did not comply and an exchange of gunfire occurred in which both Deputy Ervin and Deputy Koleski were fatally wounded. Cook and Golden then barricaded themselves inside the house; after a standoff both surrendered and were taken into custody. Golden was charged with two counts of felony murder and two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and Cook faced theft-related charges. Anyone who knew Deputy Ervin or who has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.