A call came in to police at 10:38 p.m. for reports of a suspicious person with a rifle in a resident’s backyard.
TEMPLE, Ga. – An investigation is underway after two deputies shot and killed a man on the 60 block of West Lakeview Drive late Monday night.
The GBI posted this Tweet at 1:21 a.m. on Tuesday.
. @GBI_GA agents have responded to an officer involved shooting at the request of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. We are working to gather details and will provide updates as they come in.
Investigations revealed that the man who was shot and killed by two Carroll County deputies was a 33-year-old white male, later identified as David Willoughby.
A call came in to police at 10:38 p.m. for reports of a suspicious person with a rifle in a resident’s backyard.
When deputies arrived, they found Willoughby in a wood line pointing the weapon at them. When he did not follow instructions to put the weapon down, both deputies shot him.
Willoughby was taken to Tanner Medical Center in Villa Rica where he later died.
Further investigations showed the weapon that Willoughby was walking around with was a pellet gun, according to the GBI.
Police also said Willoughby’s father lives in the neighborhood.
This is not the first time neighbors have reported Willoughby for his strange behavior.
A neighbor whose wife was home at the time of the incident says his wife heard about three shots fired at around 11:00 p.m.
Kevin Boswell says his wife was in bed when she heard tires screeching and then woke up to gunshots being fired.
When she checked to look outside, officers who were at the scene at the time had told her to stay inside.
Boswell said he had seen Willoughby walking up and down his street from time to time carrying some sticks or sometimes carrying a shovel and talking to himself.
„For this guy to shoot a cop, just think what he’d do to a kid or a person in their own yard.“
Boswell has three children: one, five and six years old.
„I’ve done been home and walked around the house and put flashlight around my home to see if there’s any bullet holes, but still, not even being 100 feet from my house, concerns me very bad.“
Boswell had only been living in that area for a month and a half and this recent incident has him concerned for his family’s safety.
„Me being on the road 24 hours, seven days a week, what am I supposed to do if I pull up and my house has been shot up with my kids killed or injured and have to go to the hospital? Yeah, I’m very concerned and I wished that Carroll County would stick on this area a lot more than what they do.“
He also said his house had almost been broken into less than two weeks ago but the would-be buglers were unsuccessful because Boswell had put a deadbolt on his door.
The GBI is continuing to investigate this incident.
