CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Two people are dead and a deputy is injured after a shooting at a home in Cherokee County on Saturday, according to the sheriff’s office.

Deputies were making a welfare check at a home on Whisperwood Trail in Acworth after 6:30 p.m., when they encountered an armed man.

“When deputies arrived on the scene, they were immediately met by an armed man outside and a shooting occurred between our deputies and that individual and he was killed,” said Cpt. Jay Baker, public information officer with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.

One of the deputies was injured in the incident and was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, where he was treated and released.

After the shooting, deputies smelled a decaying odor and found a woman inside the home. I

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