Savannah police shot a man who was allegedly armed with a handgun outside a bar Saturday morning, according to the GBI.
Two Savannah officers were working off-duty security jobs at a Congress Street club when they were called to Boomys Restaurant and Bar, which was next door, just before 3 a.m. because a man was in front of the bar with a gun, according to a news release from the state agency.
The man, later identified as 35-year-old Robert Gadson, had allegedly been in an argument with a bouncer, the GBI release states. The argument turned physical, and the man pulled out a gun.
As officers approached Gadson, they ordered him to drop the weapon, but he instead pointed it at officers, according to the release. An exchange of gunfire followed, and Gadson was struck. No officers were injured.
Gadson was taken to a hospital in critical condition, the GBI said.
The GBI will conduct an independent investigation. Once completed, it will turn over its findings to the Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.
It was the 33rd officer-involved shooting the GBI has been asked to investigate this year. By the same time last year, there had been 17.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also tracks officer-involved shootings that don’t involve the GBI, and those numbers sometimes differ from the GBI’s tally.
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