March 17 (UPI) -- Police fatally shot a gunman Tuesday at a Veterans Affairs clinic in rural Georgia where the suspect opened fire and wounded one person, authorities said.
The incident occurred midday at the Pickens County VA Clinic in Jasper, a town of about 5,290 people located 60 miles north of Atlanta.
Multiple officers from the Jasper Police Department were dispatched at 1:30 p.m. EDT to the clinic located in a small plaza on East Church St., where they confronted and shot the suspected gunman, the city of Jasper said in a statement.
VA Secretary Doug Collins said the unidentified suspect was killed.
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