Officer-Involved Shooting in Thomasville That Leaves One Young Man Dead

Officer Involved Shooting in Thomasville GAPhoto byKREX

Thomasville, GA. - GBI is currently investigating an officer-involved shooting that has left one person dead and a community demanding answers in Thomasville, GA. The name of the victim has not been released.

Video shows city authorities heading down Madison St. in Thomasville towards the area where the officer-involved shooting took place.

The Thomasville Police Department issued a statement on its Facebook page relating to the Officer-Involved Shooting:

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is handling the investigation of a shooting that occurred this afternoon in Thomasville (area of Old Albany Road and Meadow) . This is a serious situation that requires a detailed and thorough investigation. We would ask that citizens allow investigators to fully examine the incident before drawing their own conclusions about the event or spreading rumors without factual backing. Any media inquiries should be directed to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

In August of 2017, the city of Thomasville experience another officer-involved shooting where a man named Herbert "Pop" Gilbert was shot multiple times. Many marched around the city holding signs that read "Justice for Herbert" and "We are Pop," dozens of citizens, and community leaders, marched through downtown Thomasville that Wednesday and Thursday morning, and later a community vigil was held on Magnolia Street in Thomasville.

A GBI press release says agents from the Thomas County Sheriff's Office Narcotics and Vice Division were executing a search warrant in the Magnolia and Fern Street area around 4:20 p.m. when he was shot and killed.

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