VALDOSTA — The Quality of Life Association celebrates black history month with a narrated living timeline showcasing many famous Black history figures of yesterday and today. The fundraising event titled, “All Shades Art Exhibit and…
GBI Investigates Officer Involved Shooting in Savannah
Release: Savannah, GA (December 22, 2021) – The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Savannah, GA. The Savannah Police Department asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. One man,…
Officer Involved Shooting in Berrien County
Release: Ray City, GA (June 2, 2021) – On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, the GBI received a request from the Ray City Police Department to conduct an officer involved shooting investigation. Preliminary information indicates that on June…
Armed, barricaded man threatened to hurt himself
Release: On April 14, 2021, at approximately 2:30 pm., a 39-year-old male called E911 stating that he was going to shoot and stab himself. Valdosta Police Officers arrived at the residence and began talking with…
Deputy killed by inmate with his own knife
Release: Macon, Georgia (April 7, 2021) – On Wednesday, April 7, 2021, the Georgia Bureau of investigation obtained arrest warrants for Albert Dewitt Booze, age 22, for the following charges: two counts Participation in Criminal Gang Activity,…
Armed man killed in Lowndes officer involved shooting
UPDATE: The man involved in this OIS has been identified as Raymond Whitfield Tarbox, II, 43, of Valdosta, GA. Release: Valdosta, GA (March 12, 2021) - On Friday, March 12, 2021, at approximately 11:30 a.m., the…
Knife attack leads to Officer Involved Shooting
Release: Atlanta, GA (March 8, 2021) - The man involved in this OIS with the Georgia State Patrol has been identified as Leroy Snead, 67. Snead died of his injuries on Sunday, February 28, 2021. Snead…
Knife-wielding Valdosta man attacks woman, threatens others
Release: On January 6, 2021, at approximately 2:04 am., a citizen called Lowndes County 911 to report that a victim was being assaulted at a residence in the 2800 block of Caldwell Drive. The citizen…
Woman with knife and blowtorch shot after charging…
Release: GBI Investigates Officer Involved Shooting in Oconee County SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 Oconee County, GA (September 22, 2020) - The subject in this OIS has been identified as Julia Moss, age 40, of Athens, GA. ORIGINAL…