GBI Investigates Officer-Involved Shooting Following Foot Chase of 18-Year-Old Suspect in Brunswick
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is probing an officer-involved shooting that occurred Wednesday after a foot chase involving an 18-year-old suspect, Larry Labraun Kirkland, in Brunswick. The incident began with a shooting earlier that day at a home on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Glynn County.
Kirkland, the suspected shooter, fled the scene but was quickly located by Brunswick Police Department (PD) officers. A foot pursuit ensued, and the chase culminated approximately three blocks away in the yard of a home on Wolfe Street.
According to the GBI, officers attempted to arrest Kirkland, but he resisted and was seen in possession of a firearm. In response, one officer deployed a taser, while another fired a shot at him.
Kirkland was injured during the encounter but is expected to survive. Fortunately, neither officer involved was harmed. The GBI has been called in by the Brunswick Police Department to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting, as part of standard protocol for officer-involved incidents.
As the investigation unfolds, the GBI urges the public to allow time for a thorough review of the situation. Both the actions of the officers and the events leading up to the shooting will be carefully examined.
