The man shot in Lumpkin County Friday by a Hall County sheriff’s deputy has been identified by the GBI as Toby Paul Stoyle, 31, or Royston, who was in critical condition at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville Saturday afternoon.
The GBI preliminary report on the incident says officers from several local and state agencies had gone to a house in the Mincey Mountain Road to “conduct a probation search related to a theft investigation.
“While conducting the investigation, deputies encountered a man, later identified as Stoyle, located in a car at the home. When deputies approached Stoyle, he drove away from the home, nearly hitting the deputies with his car and initiating a pursuit. During the pursuit with HCSO and LCSO deputies, Stoyle crashed.
As law enforcement approached Stoyle, he exited the car and pointed a gun at the deputies. Law enforcement shot Stoyle, hitting him several times.”
The GBI added that a gun was recovered at the scene.