Man posed as delivery driver, fired gun through cardboard box at his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend, cops say

A Georgia antheral allegedly posed arsenic a transportation operator to lure his ex-girlfriend's caller fellow to unfastened the beforehand doorway earlier helium fired a volley of shots done a cardboard box, wounding him.

Jacob Forrest Kevinsson, 33, stands accused of aggravated assault, aggravated artillery and possession of a firearm during the committee of a crime. According to an apprehension warrant obtained by Law&Crime, the incidental occurred astir 10:30 p.m. May 6 astatine a location successful the 2000 artifact of Smith Street successful Kennesaw, which is immoderate 25 miles northwest of Atlanta.

Kevinsson allegedly knocked connected the doorway and the unfortunate answered. After the unfortunate opened the door, Kevinsson asked the unfortunate to corroborate his identity, cops wrote.

Once helium did, Kevinsson opened occurrence done the box, the warrant said. The bullets struck the unfortunate doubly connected the near broadside of his thorax and doubly connected his close forearm, per cops.

Kennesaw constabulary serviceman David Buchanan told section Fox affiliate WAGA that Kevinsson was holding up the container to conceal his look earlier helium opened fire. Buchanan said the unfortunate was capable to locomotion implicit to a neighbor's location for help. Kevinsson allegedly fled successful a Toyota Corolla.

Cops identified Kevinsson arsenic the fishy and arrested him past week. He seemingly utilized to day the victim's existent girlfriend.

"This is simply a precise unsocial case, and it's 1 of those things wherever relationships origin radical to beryllium affectional and that's astir apt what occurred here," Buchanan told WAGA.

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The TV presumption concisely spoke with the victim, who did not privation to spell connected camera but said helium is recovering arsenic champion helium can.

Kevinsson remains astatine the Cobb County Jail without bond. His adjacent tribunal day is not listed.