2 dead after Forsyth County deputies serve warrant at Banks County home: GBI

BANKS COUNTY, Ga. - Two people were killed as Forsyth County deputies attempted to serve an arrest warrant at an Alto home on Tuesday. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is now handling the investigation into the incident. 

According to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, the deputies were at the Cedar Drive home at around 9:30 a.m. to serve a felony arrest warrant to a sex offender for violating the conditions of his probation. The name of that person has not been released. 

According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, deputies entered the home at around 11:05 a.m. What happened next left two people dead. The GBI is trying to determine the timeline of events in between. 

No deputies were injured. 

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been asked to probe a shooting involving a Banks County Sheriff’s deputy on July 16, 2024. 

Banks County Sheriff’s Office deputies were at the scene assisting but were not directly involved. 

The GBI Medical Examiner’s office will perform an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death. The identity of the two people killed is being withheld until authorities can contact family members. 

The results of the GBI investigation will be turned over to the Banks County District Attorney’s Office for review. 

This is the 44th such incident the GBI has been asked to investigate since the start of the year. 

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