Cobb County Man Jose Alvarez, shot, killed in Marietta bar, Christopher Stewart Arrested

Sep 11, 2011 - 18:48
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Cobb County Man Jose Alvarez, shot, killed in Marietta bar, Christopher Stewart Arrested
Christopher Brian Stewart

A Marietta man was arrested Sunday on murder charges for allegedly killing a man at a local bar.

Cobb County police said 45-year-old Christopher Brian Stewart, of Marietta, shot and killed Jose Alvarez, 31, Saturday just before midnight at Murph's Lounge, located at 1679 Joyner Ave.

Uniformed police officers responding to a shooting call found Alvarez dead inside the bar.

Cobb police spokesman Dana Pierce said before the shooting Stewart and Alvarez were involved in an altercation at about 11:30 p.m. After the shooting, Stewart left the scene in a 1983 Ford pickup.

The truck was located at a home on Curtis Road in Marietta at 4 a.m. Sunday, said Pierce. After a lengthy Sunday moing SWAT standoff, Stewart was taken into custody without incident.

He was booked into the Cobb County jail on felony murder and aggravated assault charges.

Anyone with information which may assist detectives with this case is asked to call 770-499-3945.

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