VALDOSTA, Ga. — Police in a south Georgia city shot and killed a man Thursday after they said he opened fire on cars waiting outside a school to pick up students.

A Valdosta police officer heard gunshots and saw a man entering the campus of S.L. Mason Elementary School, according to a Friday statement by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Officers confronted and then shot a 25-year-old man identified as Tychicus Armondo Deshazer of Valdosta.

Officers tried to perform first aid on Deshazer, but he died before he could be taken to a hospital, investigators said. No other injuries were reported.

Investigators didn’t say why Deshazer opened fire at the school, which last year had nearly 900 students in grades prekindergarten through 5.

School officials said they quickly dispatched buses

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