UPDATE (10/21/26): The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office says Charles Daniel McMahan threatened to shoot a deputy during Tuesday’s foot pursuit before pointing an unidentified object at three deputies. According to a Facebook post, deputies repeatedly ordered McMahan to drop the object, but he refused. One deputy fired two rounds at McMahan, but neither struck him. The sheriff’s office says McMahan then threw the object down and was taken into custody. During an interview, McMahan told investigators he held the object like a firearm to make deputies believe he was armed and was trying to provoke them into shooting him, according to the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office did not identify the object. The GBI is investigating the deputy’s use of force. DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Laurens County sheriff’s deputy fired at a man during a foot pursuit Tuesday after the man pointed an object at the deputy, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Neither the deputy nor the man was injured. The GBI says the deputy approached 36-year-old Charles Daniel McMahan of Dublin, who was riding a bicycle on Fire Tower Road around 2:09 p.m., to speak with him about an ongoing burglary investigation. McMahan ran away, and the deputy chased him on foot, according to the release. During the chase, the man pointed an “object” at the deputy, who fired at him but missed, the GBI says. The agency did not identify the object. The GBI says McMahan was arrested on charges unrelated to the…
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