A Department of Veterans Affairs employee who was injured in Tuesday's shooting at a Jasper VA clinic has died, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says.
On Thursday, the GBI identified the victim as 34-year-old Nicholas "Nic" Crews, a resident of Marietta who was employed as a social work case manager at the clinic.
Jasper police responded to the scene on East Church Street around 1:30 p.m., and the officers confronted the gunman outside the clinic, authorities said. The man, now identified as 51-year-old Lawrence Charles Michels, was shot by police and died from his injuries. No officers were injured in the incident.
According to the GBI, Michels was at the clinic for a walk-in mental health consultation when he shot Crews.
Medics airlifted Crews to a trauma hospital for treatment. Authorities say he died on Wednesday from his injuries.
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