GBI investigating deadly shooting in Laurens County

Investigators say the victim was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a yard in Dexter.

DEXTER, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death of a Dublin man after a shooting in Laurens County over the weekend.

According to the GBI, agents were called in at the request of the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office to investigate the death of 46-year-old Joseph Burch of Dublin.

Deputies were dispatched around 6:50 p.m. Saturday to a home in the 700 block of Shy Street in Dexter after a report of shots fired. When deputies got there, they found Burch unresponsive in the yard with multiple gunshot wounds.

Burch was pronounced dead at the scene.

No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains active and ongoing.

If you have information, call the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Eastman at (478) 374-6988.