CRISP COUNTY, Ga. — The GBI has released more information on what led up to a Crisp County deputy exchanging gunfire with a man on I-75.
According to a news release, they were requested around 5 p.m. Sunday to investigate an officer-involved shooting.
The GBI says deputies were responding to 911 calls about a man with a gun on I-75 S near mile marker 91 in Crisp County.
When they got to the scene, deputies found a man walking in and out of traffic on the interstate, causing a traffic jam.
The GBI says a deputy tried to talk to the man to figure out what was going on when the man fired a shot at the deputy.
The deputy fired back, hitting the man, who was airlifted to the Medical Center, Atrium Health Navicent in Macon.
No one else was injured in the shooting.
The GBI says the man is suspected of assaulting and robbing a passerby who stopped to help him before deputies were called, and other motorists may have also been assaulted.
They’re now looking to interview any additional witnesses. If you have information, you can call the GBI’s Americus office at 229-931-2439 or the Crisp County Sheriff’s Office at 229-276-2600.
Once the investigation is complete, it will be turned over to the Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s office.