VALDOSTA, Ga. — A man is dead after he opened fire on the afternoon pickup line at a school, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.
The GBI says a Valdosta police officer heard gunshots while out on patrol, and drove toward them.
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When he arrived at S.L. Mason Elementary School, he spotted 25-year-old Tychicus Armondo Deshazer on the school’s campus with a gun.
Investigators say he shot at several cars in the pickup line, but only hit one of them. No injuries were reported.
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The school went into lockdown, and officers confronted Deshazer as he approached the front of the school.
At some point, officers shot Deshazer. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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