GBI: Hawkinsville man dies after being shot during a fight, shooter claims self-defense

The GBI says 40-year-old Kyle Thomas Bennett died two days after being shot in an early morning fight on Malcom Nelson Road.

PULASKI COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of a Hawkinsville man who was shot during a fight earlier this week.

According to a Thursday news release from the GBI, the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office asked them to investigate on August 10. That day, deputies were dispatched at about 12:32 a.m. to Malcom Nelson Road in Hawkinsville after a report of a person being shot.

When deputies arrived, they found 40-year-old Kyle Thomas Bennett had been shot during a fight. He was taken to a hospital in Macon, where he died on August 12.

According to the GBI, the shooter has alleged self-defense, and no charges have been filed at this time.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the GBI regional investigative office in Eastman at (478) 374-6988. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or through the See Something, Send Something mobile app.