By: WCTV Eyewitness News
Updated – March 5, 2018

QUITMAN, Ga. (WCTV) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says a man has died after a standoff in Brooks County that ended with a house fire.

The scene unfolded around 1 p.m. Friday at a home at 13144 Valdosta Highway in Quitman, just behind Pauline Baptist Church.

According to the GBI, earlier in the day, deputies with the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office attempted to arrest a subject at the residence. During the attempted arrest, the subject barricaded himself inside the house.

The Lowndes County SWAT Team was then called in to assist.

Authorities say at some point during the incident, a fire started in the home. The subject was located and taken to South Georgia Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Authorities have identified the man as 31-year-old Timothy Smothers.

The GBI did not comment on Smothers’ cause of death, or on whether authorities fired any weapons during the standoff.

(WCTV)