The man who was shot Wednesday on the Silver Comet Trail by a Dallas police officer was not holding an actual firearm, the GBI said Thursday.
About 2 p.m., the Dallas Police Department and the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shots fired call at the trail’s Rambo Trailhead and saw Daron Holcombe with a rifle, the GBI said.
“During their contact with Holcombe,” the GBI said, “officers reported he pointed the rifle at them.”
Dallas police Officer Phillip Burkett fired his service weapon at Holcombe, striking him.
“After the shooting,” the GBI said, “Holcombe’s weapon was found to be a replica air rifle with scope.”
Holcombe, 26, of Rockmart, is in critical condition at WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, officials said.
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