The GBI on Sunday announced it is seeking information about the killing of 37-year-old Joshua Mitchell, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, who was found shot in his Paulding County driveway in December 2022.

“Today marks the one-year anniversary of Mitchell’s death,” the state agency wrote in a news release. “(He) was known to many as a contractor in the metro Atlanta area, a hard worker and family man.”

On Dec. 17, 2022, the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office went to a home in the 500 block of Warrenton Drive near Douglasville after several 911 callers reported gunshots in the residential area.

When deputies arrived, they found Mitchell lying outside his garage with several gunshot wounds, officials said. He died at the scene.

Joshua Mitchell, a Marine Corps veteran, was fatally shot in Paulding County on Dec. 17, 2022.

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The sheriff’s office has requested the GBI’s assistance with the case, which remains unsolved.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the GBI tip line. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), by visiting the GBI’s tip website or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

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