Deputies Fatally Shoot Man

Clayton County sheriff's deputies who were trying to serve an arrest warrant shot and killed a machete-wielding man early Friday who refused to surrender, authorities said.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigations is conducting a probe after the man, whose identity was pending, was fatally wounded by police shortly after 1 a.m. at an apartment complex on North Lee Street.

Authorities said the incident began when the deputies tried to serve a probation violation warrant at the second-story apartment. The man at first refused to open the door or surrender. After opening the door, he approached the deputies with a machete, authorities said.

"The victim came towards the officers with a machete," said Clayton Sheriff Stanley Tuggle. "There was some gunfire and he is deceased."

Witness Charlene Abbott said the officers pleaded with the man to surrender before the shooting.

"I heard five shots," she said. "He went into his apartment and then collapsed."

Tuggle said three officers were involved in the shooting. It was not immediately clear if they have been placed on administrative leave.