Saturday September 21st, 2024 3:58PM

NE Ga. man killed in attack with hammer

By The Associated Press
MARIETTA - A man remained in the Cobb County Jail Tuesday charged with killing a northeast Georgia man with a hammer.<br /> <br /> Authorities say 36-year-old Dennis Freeman, who lived in Pickens County, was killed at a firewood lot where he was working. Freeman's brother - Michael Freeman - said the suspect, Roger Brown, was urinating near a dumpster near the lot Friday night.<br /> <br /> He said Brown became enraged when the lot's owner asked him to stop.<br /> <br /> Witnesses told police Brown walked away and came back a few minutes later with a hammer. Authorities said Brown hit Freeman over the head and killed him.<br /> <br /> Brown is charged with murder in the death.<br />
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