COBB COUNTY, Ga. - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into what happened Tuesday evening after a man died following a confrontation with Cobb County police officers.

What we know:

Investigators say it started around 6:10 p.m. when officers were called to a hit-and-run crash. That’s where they found 47-year-old Timothy Lyle Sheats of Dallas walking down the road.

Police say Sheats told the officer he had been shot — but there were no visible injuries. The officer asked him to get into the patrol car for safety, but Sheats refused and began walking into traffic. At one point, officers say, he even tried to get into a passing vehicle.

To reportedly stop him from running into oncoming cars, an officer tased Sheats, according to the GBI. Backup officers then arrived to help re

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