An armed man who was shot and killed by police during an incident in downtown Savannah Thursday afternoon was identified as a Beaufort County resident.
Mark Dennis Whibbey, Jr., 27, was pronounced dead of multiple gunshot wounds after first responders gave medical aid at the scene, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. His address is in the Dale area, about 5 miles northeast of the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.
Officers with the Savannah Police Department received a 911 call around 1:30 p.m. Thursday reporting a man, later identified as Whibbey, “waving a firearm” in the roadway of West Congress Street, state officials said. An employee of a nearby convenience store reported an armed man shoplifting soon after…