George Cocreham

Deadly force

Officers responded to a 911 call at a home for a domestic dispute between two men in a family. The caller told the 911 dispatcher that she had barricaded herself inside her room because her adult son was acting strange, and she was afraid. When police arrived, the mother came out of the house and told police that her two adult sons, George Cocreham, 43, and Emmett Cocreham, 44, were inside yelling, and one had a rifle. Officers saw two men inside the house with firearms. George and Emmett then came out of the house and into the backyard. The brother armed with the rifle ignored the commands of the officers to drop it, and George and Emmett continued to argue with each other. Cox said the brother with the rifle then pointed the gun at officers as well as his brother. That's when two officers fired at the armed man. Both of the men were shot and killed.