ATHENS, Ga. — The GBI is investigating a deadly shooting involving the Athens Clarke Police Department on Sunday.
Around 1:20 a.m., the GBI said police officers responded to Lexington Road regarding an armed man with a machine gun near a Verizon store.
The GBI has identified that man as 26-year-old Marquavious Sims.
At this time, the GBI indicates Sims ran across the road from the police to the Quick Trip (QT) gas station.
Responding officers allegedly asked him to drop his gun and said that Sims began firing at them, so they shot back.
The GBI said Sims died a short time later at the hospital. None of the Athens officers were injured.
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