A man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday after firing at an officer outside a Buc-ee’s in northwest Georgia and leading law enforcement on a chase in a stolen vehicle, authorities said.
He was identified as 35-year-old Robert Smith of Cookeville, Tennessee, by the GBI, which was asked by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office to investigate the incident.
At about 4 a.m., Calhoun police were called to the Buc-ee’s on Union Grove Road in Gordon County after getting a report of a domestic dispute. Smith had arrived at the gas station by getting a ride from someone after abandoning his car in metro Atlanta on Wednesday, according to the GBI. Officials were called after the man who drove Smith stopped at the Buc-ee’s and asked employees to call 911…