GBI identifies stick-carrying man killed by Bartow deputy
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has released the name of the stick-wielding Bartow County man killed Tuesday by a sheriff’s deputy.
GBI spokeswoman Sherry Lang said in an emailed statement that the man had been identified as 47-year-old Darren Billy Wilson. The Bartow County sheriff’s deputy who shot him was Anthony Parker, Lang said.
According to previously released information, Bartow authorities responded to Spring Place Road in the town of White at about 3:20 p.m. Tuesday after they "received a call regarding a man who had a large stick and was threatening the caller." Two deputies responded and encountered the man now identified as Wilson, who was wearing only boxer shorts and a baseball hat.
“The man charged one of the deputies with the stick and was yelling threats at the deputy,” Lang said. “The other deputy (Parker) then shot the man.”
Wilson was pronounced dead at the scene. Neither deputy was hurt.
The GBI is investigating the shooting and will present its findings to Bartow’s district attorney.
White is located in northwest Georgia, about 10 miles north of Cartersville.
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