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Update: Lowndes Co. deputy-involved shooting under investigation, 1 dead By Dave Miller and Jordan Barela | March 12, 2021 at 2:36 PM EST - Updated March 12 at 8:02 PM
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - A deputy in the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office was involved in a shooting incident just before noon Friday.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has been asked to launch an investigation into the incident.
In a press release, the GBI said, upon arrival, the man resisted the deputies and was armed with a butcher knife. Agents said the man became combative and deputies deployed a taser on him, which was ineffective.
At some point during the incident, agents said the man lunged towards the deputies with the knife. One of the deputies fired his service weapon, hitting the man.