1 dead after shooting, Vidalia PD says

VIDALIA, Ga. (WSAV) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and Vidalia Police Department (VPD) are investigating after a man died on Thursday.

Around 11:40 a.m. on Dec. 12, VPD officers responded to the Vidalia Village Apartments after a report of an individual with a gunshot wound to the leg.

When officers arrived, they found Timothy Byrd, 31, of Vidalia with multiple gunshot wounds.

Byrd was transported to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

If you have any information on this incident call the Vidalia Police Department-Investigative Services Division at (912) 537-4123 or the Georgia Bureau of Investigation-Eastman Office at (478) 374-6988. Tips can be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS(8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/sumit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app


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