Man Killed By Deputy After Shooting 3 People In NE Georgia

CARNESVILLE, GA — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting of a man accused of shooting three people over the weekend in Franklin County.

The GBI was called in by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office to investigate the incident, which began when deputies were called to a domestic disturbance at a home on Roberts Lane. Those deputies were directed to a home in the 500 block where they found one person with a gunshot wound.

They were informed that there were others inside the house who were likely injured, the GBI said. Deputies learned that James Brian Kay, 54, of Martin, "shot multiple people with as shotgun," the state agency added.

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According to the GBI, Kay walked out of the house, and fired the shotgun in the direction of a marked patrol car. James Justice, a Franklin County Sheriff's Office deputy, fired one round and struck Kay, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

A total of three people inside the home all suffered gunshot wounds, and they were transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital in South Carolina for treatment. An 11-year-old child who was inside the house was able to escape injury by hiding during the shooting.

An autopsy will be performed on Kay at the GBI Crime Lab in Decatur. The GBI will continue its investigation once its review is complete, it will turn over the case file to the District Attorney for the Northern Judicial Circuit for any additional action.

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