A man was shot in southwest Georgia on Sunday after threatening deputies with a knife, the GBI said.
Rodney Morrison, 47, died in a hospital after the shooting, according to the state agency.
Lee County sheriff’s deputies were sent to the man’s home on Linden Road to serve court-mandated paperwork, the GBI said in a news release.
When they arrived to serve the order about 2:30 p.m., Morrison made threats, escaped from his home and ran to a field a short distance away, according to the GBI. Leesburg police officers arrived at the scene to assist in the incident.
A Leesburg police officer shot Morrison, the GBI said. No officers were injured in the incident.
This is what the GBI has confirmed so far. https://t.co/vYEHZ8gIDC
— Nelly Miles (@NMilesGBIPIO) July 13, 2020
Leesburg is about 155 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta.
The incident is the 53rd shooting involving a police officer that the GBI has been called to investigate in 2020, according to GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles.
Earlier on Sunday, the GBI announced it was investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting in Chamblee. Police fatally shot a man after authorities said he fired a rifle at officers.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also tracks officer-involved shootings that don't involve the GBI, and those numbers sometimes differ from the GBI's tally.
