The GBI was investigating use of force in connection with a shooting about 5 p.m. Tuesday in LaGrange.

James Thompson died and another person was taken to a local hospital following a shooting on Hines Road, GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles said.

There was no officer involved in the shooting, but the agency was assisting with crime scene processing, Miles said.

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Protesters stage a rally near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. The people were protesting against the detention of South Korean workers after an immigration raid in Georgia, and many of the signs read "A tariff bomb and workers confinement." (Ahn Young-joon/AP)

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