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Watch: Police procession as body of fallen Cobb County deputy escorted from scene

Two deputies were killed in the line of duty while serving a warrant at a home in a Marietta neighborhood.

MARIETTA, Ga. — It was a somber moment Thursday night as a procession was held for a fallen Cobb County deputy being taken away in an ambulance.

Two Cobb deputies were killed in the line of duty while serving a warrant at a home in a Marietta neighborhood, according to the Cobb County Sheriff's Office. Cobb Police, along with other law enforcement agencies responded to the incident in the Hampton Glen area, near the McNeel Farms neighborhood. 

Overnight, Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens said the suspects had been taken into custody.

Law enforcement agencies from across Georgia and the country have been pouring in condolences for the two deputies killed. 

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