Officers were dispatched to a call of a shooting around 11:06 p.m. July 4 at a home in the 3800 block of Sanders Road, which is off Powder Springs Road in Marietta. Cops arrived and tried to save the man’s life, but he died at the scene, police say.

Witnesses told Cobb police that Damon Brown, 45, began “attacking family members.” During this dispute, Brown began to strangle his father, Jimmie Brown, 65. Family members tried to intervene, but they were not able to break up the altercation, Cobb police said.