PERRY, Ga. — The GBI is investigating after Perry police officers fatally shot a man during a crisis situation Tuesday night.
According to a news release from the Perry Police Department, officers got the call about a suicidal person with a gun at a home in the 100-block of Bedford Court just before 4:30 p.m.
When they made it to the scene and secured the area, police began to speak with the man, 32-year-old Matthew Deese, to convince him to lay down his gun.
When Deese refused, Perry Police called the Houston County Sheriff's Office Response Team to help. The sheriff's office's negotiator arrived and tried to talk to Deese.
Just before 7 p.m., the release says Deese was shot by deputies in the front yard of his home. He was taken to the Medical Center, Atrium Health Navicent in Macon where he later died.
Perry Police requested the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to do an independent investigation into the case. They also responded to the scene and that investigation is ongoing.