UPDATE: Man dies after Fitzgerald shooting

FITZGERALD, Ga. (WALB) - A man has died after a Friday afternoon shooting in Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald police confirmed the man was injured around 3 p.m. on April 12 in the 500 block of East Pine Street. Police were initially called out to a shots fired call.

He was life-flighted to a hospital in Macon in critical condition. He died on Saturday around 3 a.m.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is investigating.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the GBI Regional Investigative Field Office in Perry, Houston County, Georgia, at (478) 987-4545, or the Fitzgerald Police Department, at (229) 426-5000.

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