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GBI Probes Fatal Bartow Warrant Shooting After Deputies Kill Man Holding Pellet Rifle

The case is undergoing the standard state review process, with an autopsy pending before a referral to the Cherokee Judicial Circuit district attorney.

Overview

  • Deputies and state fire investigators went to a Ga. 20 Spur home to execute a search warrant tied to a death investigation.
  • After flashbangs were deployed, 39-year-old Dylan Burl Rice exited holding what deputies believed was a long gun; officers used foam and pepper rounds before firing when he allegedly pointed it toward them.
  • Investigators later determined Rice was holding a pellet air rifle, and he died from his injuries.
  • Officials confirmed Rice was a person of interest in his mother Lynda Miller’s death in a suspicious Thanksgiving fire.
  • The Georgia Bureau of Investigation opened its officer-involved shooting probe, noting this was the 75th such incident in 2025 and the 32nd fatality.