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Editorial board: We support policing profession, and that demands properly investigating officers involved in deadly incidents
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Police work at the scene of an officer-involved shooting Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at Jesse Jewell Parkway and Wisteria Drive in front of Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. - photo by Nate McCullough
On Sept. 20, Gainesville police officers responding to a call of a man with a gun near the hospital found themselves in the unenviable position of having to make a life-or-death decision in a matter of seconds. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says two officers fired upon the 21-year-old suspect, who ultimately died.