A Henry County police officer was found dead behind the Publix grocery store off Loop Road and Ga. 20, officials said.

A fellow officer found Officer Mike Reid during a routine patrol, spokesman Capt. Mike Ireland

“Any loss of life is unbearably sad and to lose one of our brothers or sisters in the police department, it weighs heavily on all of our hearts,” the department posted on it’s Facebook page.

The GBI is investigating what led to the officer’s death.

No other details were released.

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Channel 2's Darryn Moore reports.