NEWNAN, Ga. - A man was shot in Newnan following a struggle with an officer, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.

What we know:

Authorities said the incident happened around 8:30 a.m. in the 900 block of Bullsboro Drive after officers responded to a 911 hang-up call. When officers arrived, they found 29-year-old Sonny Francis Conto, of Glassboro, New Jersey, standing on the steps of a semi-truck, yelling at the driver inside.

The GBI said officers instructed Conto to step down from the truck, but he refused. When one officer tried to assist him down, Conto resisted, and a struggle began. During the altercation, Conto reportedly called for his dog, which was inside a nearby van, and attempted to grab the officer’s weapon.

A second officer ordered Conto to stop resisting, but he c

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