A man has been shot dead after throwing rocks at police in the US.
Yassin Mohamed died after a deputy sheriff fired at the 47-year-old in the state of Georgia.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said it was examining the incident which took place on Saturday.
It revealed police had “had several encounters with Mr Mohamed over the previous 12 hours”.
Officers were called to reports of a man walking in the middle of the road in Claxton.
An Evans County sheriff's deputy arrived at the scene shortly after midnight and tried to speak with Mr Mohamed.
Investigators said he began throwing rocks and hit an officer once.
Mr Mohamed is then said to have thrown a larger stone and was shot by a deputy who was not seriously injured.
He died at the scene before he could be taken to a hospital and his body was transported to a GBI crime lab for a post-mortem examination.
The investigation will be turned over to the district attorney for review once completed, with a prosecutor to then decide whether to file charges.
It is the 38th officer-involved shooting the GBI has been asked to investigate so far this year.
