GBI investigating deadly shooting in Thomson

THOMSON, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Thomson Police Department and Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) are investigating the death of a Thomson man after being discovered shot.

On Saturday, McDuffie County 911 received a call about an unconscious man at a home in the 400 block of 2nd Street in Thomson.

When McDuffie EMS and Thomson Police responded to the scene, the Thomson Regional GBI office says they found 47-year-old Ricky L. Huff of Thomson unresponsive.

Authorities say Huff was then taken to Piedmont-McDuffie Hospital, where hospital staff found that Huff had been shot and eventually pronounced dead.

The Thomson Police Department requested the assistance of the GBI Thomson Investigative Office with the investigation, according to Special Agent in Charge, Patrick E. Morgan.