Police in a south Georgia city shot and killed a man Thursday after they said he opened fire on cars waiting outside a school to pick up students.
A Valdosta police officer heard gunshots and saw a man entering the campus of S.L. Mason Elementary School, according to a Friday statement by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Officers confronted and then shot a 25-year-old man identified as Tychicus Armondo Deshazer of Valdosta.
Officers tried to perform first aid on Deshazer, but he died before he could be taken to a hospital, investigators said. No other injuries were reported.
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