WARNER ROBINS, Ga. - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called to investigate a deadly deputy-involved shooting in Houston County Sunday night.
According to the GBI, the incident began around 10 p.m. Sunday when Houston County deputies were called to the 400 block of Tharpe Road for a welfare check on a man described as suicidal.
When deputies arrived, officials say they found 44-year-old James Parks barricaded inside him home.
After deputies tried to make contact with him, the GBI says Parks came out of the home holding a gun and chambered a round.
Deputies shot Parks as he turned toward them. Medics rushed the man to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The GBI will conduct its own independent investigation, which will be turned over to the Houston County District Attorney's Office for a review.
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