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A Jackson Healthcare unit can get up to $68 million more to supply nurses and other health care workers to help hospitals and nursing homes deal with the COVID surge, under a state contract extension.
The Alpharetta-based company received a no-bid contract early in the pandemic for staffing. That original contract could extend to $250 million by the end of this year.
With the extension, the total that the Jackson Healthcare unit can receive could exceed $300 million.
The new agreement would extend the contract till March 6.
The firm, whose political connections have led to some criticism of the contract, has worked with more than 50 Georgia hospitals to help augment their workforces.
Friday night, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation released the name of the man shot and killed by the Cobb Sheriff SWAT team Thursday morning as Johnny Bolton, 49, of Austell.
The GBI also said the narcotics search warrant execution that resulted in Boltonâs death was a no-knock warrant.
The GBIâs presence on the case was requested by the Cobb County Sheriffâs Office early Thursday morning. The incident took place at an apartment complex at 505 Springbrook Trail in Smyrna just before 5 a.m.
The shooting occurred during the execution of a search warrant by agents of the Marietta Cobb Smyrna Organized Crime Task Force and Cobb County Sheriffâs Office SWAT team at that location, the GBI states.
The GBIâs presence was requested by the Cobb County Sheriffâs Department.
The GBI reports a member of the Cobb County Sheriff SWAT team shot and killed an occupant of an apartment on Springbrook Trail at approximately 4:41 a.m. Thursday.
The shooting occurred during the execution of a search warrant by agents of the Marietta Cobb Smyrna Organized Crime Task Force and Cobb County Sheriffâs Office SWAT team at that location, the GBI states.
Police said the individual, whose name has not been released, was transported to Wellstar Cobb Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Cobb County Medical Examinerâs office will conduct an autopsy.
UpdatedThu, Dec 17, 2020 at 5:10 pm ET
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Updated: No officers from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation or Cobb County Sheriff s Office were injured in the Smyrna shooting Thursday. (Shutterstock)
SMYRNA, GA One man was shot and killed by police Thursday morning during a drug raid at Concord Chase Apartments in Smyrna, Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials said.
Around 4:41 a.m., Marietta Cobb Smyrna Organized Crime Task Force agents and the Cobb County Sheriff s Office SWAT team executed a narcotics search warrant at the Smyrna apartment complex, according to a news release from the GBI. Upon entering the apartment, a SWAT team member fired his gun and the man inside the apartment was shot. He was transported to Wellstar Cobb Hospital where he was pronounced dead.