POWDER SPRINGS, Ga. — A man has died after being shot by police in the parking lot of a shopping center on Tuesday night.
Powder Springs police say they were called to a shopping center on New Macland Road next to the police headquarters at 9 p.m. for a man having a mental health crisis.
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About 10 p.m., police say the man pulled out a gun. That’s when multiple officers fired shots and struck him.
The man, whose identity has not been released, was taken to the hospital and later died from his injuries.
“The Powder Springs Police Department extends its condolences to the family and friends of the deceased and is thankful that no officers or members of the public were injured during this incident,” they wrote in a statement.
No officers were injured.
Channel 2 Action News has reached out to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for more details.
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