Children Called N-Word in NE Cobb

A Woodstock man allegedly pointed "a long gun at children" playing basketball in a Northeast Cobb neighborhood and called them the n-word.

Between 11:14 p.m. June 8 and 12:21 a.m. June 9, Jerry Thomas Davis was in the back yard of a home in the 3900 block of Lookout Point with a rifle and a .9mm handgun and fired a shot from his yard, according to a Cobb County criminal warrant.

"The accused, while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage to the extent emitting a very strong odor of an alcoholic beverage, being unsteady on his feet, having extreme bloodshot eyes, and having slurred speech when speaking, did without legal justification discharge a gun on or within 50 yards of a public highway or street," according to the warrant.

When he allegedly fired the .9mm handgun, Cobb police said Davis hurled slurs at a group of people, some of them juveniles who were playing basketball in the driveway.

"You n------ need to get out of here," he allegedly said. "I'll shoot all you n------."

Davis was arrested early Sunday on charges that include terroristic threats, aggravated assault, pointing or aiming a gun at another, discharge of firearms on a public street and discharging a firearm while under the influence of alcohol.

He was released Monday from the Cobb County Adult Detention Center on a $17,000 bond.