Agents of a drug squad fatally shot a man in a Georgia town after they said he pulled out a gun, authorities said Thursday.
Alfred Shawntez Cole, a 19-year-old Thomasville man, was shot by agents of the Thomas County Drug Squad on Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release. The state agency is leading the inquiry into the shooting.
The agents were searching a Thomasville neighborhood for another man with outstanding warrants for failing to appear in court when a Thomas County deputy asked officers to watch for a beige Toyota Camry driving erratically, the GBI said.
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