COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A man is dead after officials say he was shot in a Kennesaw neighborhood over a bag of fake marijuana.
Channel 2′s Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell was in Kennesaw Friday, where police said that just after midnight, officers received reports of a person shot on McGuire Drive.
Police didn’t find anyone at the scene, but later, 21-year-old Sanifu Henry, of Kennesaw, showed up at a nearby hospital with a gunshot wound.
Henry died at the hospital.
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Zier Green and Re’Shard Lee were later arrested they told police they drove to the neighborhood to sell drugs.
Police said the real motive was to rob Henry and another person he was with. At some point during the exchange, shots were fired.
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Police said they found marijuana and non-controlled substances that resembled oregano and spinach leaves on the suspects.
It’s unclear who fired the shots that killed Henry. Green and Lee, who are both under the age of 20, are now facing murder charges.
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