DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — A man was shot early Friday morning by a Douglasville officer after, police said, they arrived at a domestic dispute call and the man was armed with a rifle. The man was later found dead.
The Douglasville Police Department posted about the incident to their Facebook page. They said they responded around 4 a.m. to Crestmark Apartments at 945 Crestmark Boulevard in Lithia Springs.
"A caller stated that a male was armed with a gun and pointed it at a female. When the first officer arrived, he encountered the male who was armed with a rifle," the post stated.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), the man, later identified as 43-year-old Carlos Jackson of Decatur, Georgia, pointed the rifle at an officer. The agency said the officer then fired his gun, striking Jackson, who then jumped from the second floor and ran into the woods behind the complex.
Members of the Douglasville Police SWAT Team said they found Jackson dead in the nearby woods just after 7 a.m.
The shooting investigation has since been turned over to the GBI which will act as an independent agency and turn its findings over to the Douglas County District Attorney's Office for review.
According to the GBI, this is the 44th shooting involving an officer it has been requested to investigate in 2021.