911 call released in Burke County fatal shooting
WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Newly released recordings of a 911 call shed light on what happened when a man was fatally shot in Burke County over the weekend.
We requested the 911 recordings from the morning Telvin Osborne, 30, died.
Hannah Cobb, 25, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of felony involuntary manslaughter and booked into Burke County jail, according to authorities.
She faces a bond hearing Friday.
The audio quality is very poor but Hannah is heard telling the dispatcher she was either clearing or cleaning her gun and it went off hitting her boyfriend. Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams told us in a press conference there was no information or evidence about a person cleaning a gun before the incident.
The full 911 call is almost nine minutes long and difficult to understand at times, but we have linked it below so you can hear for yourself. The only thing that has been edited is the audio quality.
Almost three minutes into the call Cobb appears to say, “I didn’t mean to ma’am. It was an accident. We were checking the chamber of my gun and it accidentally went off. I’m so sorry. Oh my god, I don’t know what to do.”
At the 4:27 mark, Cobb goes on in the 911 call to say it was an accident.
“I didn’t mean to, ma’am. I’m so sorry. It was stuck in the chamber and I accidentally pulled the trigger,” said Cobb.
The sheriff said the shooting has not been classified as accidental, and the shooting occurred after “both parties had been drinking.” He said there was a confirmed altercation before the shooting.
This comes after the community and social media erupted after no immediate arrest was made in this case.
Deputies say that around 5:45 a.m. Sunday, they responded to the 800 block of 4 Points Road in Keysville to investigate a report of a shooting.
On the scene, investigators say they found Osborne in the master bedroom with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Investigators say Osborne was pronounced dead at the hospital.
PHOTO GALLERY: TELVIN OSBORNE
Cobb was the person who notified authorities of the shooting and was applying pressure to the wound when they arrived.
Cobb told deputies she and Osborne had been out all night and recently got home.
Cobb told deputies in the report, she was checking her firearm “as they do every night.”
That’s when the gun went off, hitting Osborne. Cobb told deputies she thought the gun was safe while checking it.
Williams said at Tuesday’s news conference that the investigation started in the wee hours of Sunday and that authorities “put in 48 hours – literally.”
“The case required a considerable amount of time and attention to detail ensuring there was a comprehensive sifting of the evidence, and we have filed appropriate charges,” said Burke County Sherriff Alfonzo Williams.
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He also said there was an altercation with some “pushing and shoving” before the incident happened.
“It is reckless to go out and get drunk and then introduce a firearm into an argument,” said Williams.
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After a “thorough sifting of evidence” and interviews with friends, family and other information-gathering, “we were able to secure warrants and make an arrest in this case,” he said. He said that during a painstaking process, authorities were able to understand the relationships, habits and lifestyle of those involved.
He described the victim as a father, son and employee at the Savannah River Site, adding, “This is very tragic that he’s lost his life.”
This case is being treated as a homicide, and some family felt the sheriff’s office wasn’t doing enough.
Right now, the sheriff said more charges could be a possibility or charges could be upgraded.
Cobb remained in the jail Tuesday afternoon.
The sheriff said they have not responded to that home for other incidents.
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It was among two shootings in the CSRA on Sunday.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says a boy was injured in a shooting in Augusta on Sunday night.
The incident comes amid an outbreak of violent crime that’s claimed about 200 lives in nearly three years across the CSRA.
Communities large and small have been affected on both sides of the Savannah River.
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