Overview
- Authorities identified the victim as Nicholas “Nic” Crews, 34, a social work case manager who was airlifted and died Wednesday after the Tuesday shooting at the Pickens County VA clinic in Jasper.
- Investigators said the shooter, Lawrence Charles Michels, 51, came for a walk-in mental health consultation before shooting Crews with a handgun.
- After leaving the clinic, Michels exchanged gunfire with Jasper police and an armed civilian and was pronounced dead at the scene, with no officers injured.
- Autopsies for Crews and Michels are pending at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab as the multiagency investigation continues.
- The clinic remains closed through the week, and the VA is rescheduling appointments and providing counseling and chaplain services to staff and veterans, with the case to be forwarded to the local district attorney for review.