COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — A man is in the hospital after being shot by Coweta County deputies overnight.
Deputies say they were called to a home on Hawthorne Drive at 11:45 p.m. on Thursday where 42-year-old Ronald West was having a domestic dispute with his parents.
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When they got there, West barricaded himself inside a bedroom and threatened to shoot the deputies.
Once deputies opened the bedroom door, West moved towards them with a weapon in his hand. They haven’t commented on what type of weapon he was holding.
Deputies fired at West, hitting him at least once.
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He was taken to an Atlanta-area hospital where his current condition is unclear.
No deputies were hurt.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called in to look into the incident.
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