JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ga. - The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and GBI are investigating a deadly shooting in the county.

According to the sheriff's office, the 9-1-1 center received a call about a man being shot on Wrens Ln, just outside Louisville at around 2:45 a.m. on Thursday, Jun. 1. When deputies arrived, they found found forty-three-year-old Roosevelt Alexander, Jr. dead outside a home. An investigation revealed that Alexander had been shot at least one time and investigators are calling his death a homicide.

An autopsy is set to be performed at the GBI Crime Lab in Atlanta. If you have any information about this shooting, call the sheriff's office at 478-625-4014 or the GBI at 706-595-2575.

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