Police say a man shot and killed himself outside the Cornelia Fire Department’s Station 22 off U.S. 441 Thursday afternoon.
Just after 2 p.m. on Oct. 24, Cornelia police responded to a call of a man with a gun.
Authorities say the man exited his vehicle and walked with a gun to a grassy area behind the station. Once fire department personnel spotted him, the man “told them to stay back” before he “took his own life,” according to police.
The fire station is adjacent to the Habersham Village Shopping Center. Noah Collier tells Now Habersham he was parked outside one of the stores around 2:20 p.m. when he heard the gunshot.
“I was looking toward Burger King. When I looked over, I saw a man lying on the ground and firefighters come rushing out,” Collier says.
Authorities are withholding the man’s name until his family is notified.
The incident is currently under investigation. Now Habersham has reached out to officials for more information.
