UPDATE: Deputy coroner identifies person killed in Sunday night shooting in Dublin
One person is dead and five others are injured after separate weekend shootings in Dublin.
UPDATE (12/4 – 9 p.m.): Laurens County Deputy Coroner Nathan Stanley identified the person killed in a shooting outside Burger King Sunday night as 19-year-old Jeremiah Watkins of Dublin.
Stanley says Watkins was taken to Fairview Park Hospital and was pronounced dead there at 10:18 p.m. Sunday.
His body is being sent to the GBI Crime Lab in Atlanta for an autopsy.
UPDATE (12/4 – 12 p.m.): The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) confirmed Monday no police officers were injured during a shooting in Dublin on Saturday.
In a news release, the GBI said an officer arrived at the location to find “multiple people shooting at each other in a parking lot near Franklin Street in downtown Dublin,” and that the officer fired his weapon in response.
“At this point, there is no information to indicate that anyone was shot by the officer,” the release stated.
The investigation is active and ongoing. It will be handed over to the Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review upon its completion.
Anyone with information is asked to call the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Eastman at (478) 374-6988. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.
The GBI says this is the 95th officer-involved shooting the GBI has been requested to investigate in 2023.
ORIGINAL STORY (12/4 – 8:37 a.m.):
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – One person is dead and five others are injured after separate weekend shootings in Dublin.
Dublin Police Department (DPD) officers responded to the Veterans Boulevard Burger King on Sunday, where the initial investigation revealed an altercation between restaurant employees had escalated to include family members.
“At some point during the altercation, shots were fired by the parties involved,” a DPD news release stated.
One person died in that shooting, and two others were injured.
On Saturday, three people were injured in a late night shooting at 110 East Jackson Street. Officers were on the scene just before midnight.
“A Dublin Police Officer discharged their firearm during the incident toward a suspect who fired at the officer,” a news release stated. “The suspect then fled the scene.”
Both shooting investigations have been handed over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
Call the Laurens County 911 Center at (478) 272-7985 or Dublin Police at (478) 277-5023 if you have additional information.
