ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — An employee shot at a Veterans Affairs clinic in Pickens County has died, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said Thursday afternoon.

Around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jasper police were called to the facility on East Church Street for a reported shooting.

Responding officers found and shot the suspect, identified as 51-year-old Lawrence Charles Michels of Jasper.

The victim, 34-year-old Nicholas “Nic” Crews of Marietta, was was employed as a social work case manager at the clinic. He was taken to a trauma hospital, where he died Wednesday, according to the GBI.

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The agency said Michels was visiting the clinic for a walk-in mental health consultation.

After shooting Crews inside the clinic, Michels exited and encountered police officers and an armed civilian, according to the GBI.

Michels was reportedly armed with a handgun and exchanged gunfire with the officers and the civilian.

Michels was hit by gunfire and pronounced dead at the scene.

Jasper police asked the GBI to investigate, which is standard for shootings involving officers.

The bodies of Crews and Michels will be taken to the GBI Crime Lab for autopsies.

The GBI said it will hand over its case file to the Appalachian Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review once its investigation is complete.

An online fundraiser has been set up for Crews’ family and it has already raised nearly $250,000.

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