WARNER ROBINS — The GBI is investigating a shooting by police in Warner Robins that occurred Sunday, July 3. One man was shot and died.
No deputies were injured during this incident.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, preliminary information indicates that at 10:04 p.m., the Houston County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home on Tharpe Road for a welfare check on a suicidal man.
When deputies arrived, 44-year-old James Parks, of Warner Robins, was barricaded inside the home. After numerous attempts to make contact with Parks, GBI officials say he came out of the home holding a gun.
According to the GBI, Parks chambered a round as he turned toward the deputies and deputies shot him. Deputies performed first aid on Parks until EMS arrived. Parks was taken to Houston Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased.
The GBI will conduct an independent investigation. Upon completion of the investigation, it will be turned over to the Houston County District Attorney’s Office for review.
This is the 64th officer involved shooting the GBI has been asked to investigate in 2022.
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