MACON, Ga. — Updates to this story can be found here.
According to Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones, a person is dead after being shot by a deputy Wednesday evening on I-75 near Bass Road.
The suspect was pronounced dead just before 7:30 p.m. by Coroner Luann Stone. The suspect had a small dog that apparently died during the shooting, according to the coroner.
Jones says the Georgia State Patrol, Bibb County and Monroe County Sheriff's offices, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are at the scene.
Nelly Miles with the GBI confirmed their involvement, which is standard when officers are involved in a shooting.
According to the GBI's data, they investigated 13 officer-involved shootings by the end of Feb. 2021.
Wednesday night's situation brings the total up to 18, five more than this time last year.