The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Woodstock, Georgia, at the request of the Woodstock Police Department, the bureau said in a release on Friday, October 23.

Source: Georgia Bureau of Investigation (official release, Oct 23, 2026)

Preliminary information indicates that at about 6:48 p.m. on Thursday, October 22, Woodstock officers responded to a suspicious-person call near Paden Street and Maple Street and found a man, later identified as Nijm Scott, 38, of Roswell, in a retention pond, the GBI said.

According to the GBI's preliminary account, Scott threatened to shoot anyone who approached him, then stated he was going to start shooting and made a sudden movement. Law enforcement shot at Scott, hitting him. Officers then removed Scott from the pond, and Woodstock and Cherokee fire crews treated his injuries at the scene. Scott was taken to an area hospital, where he is in stable condition, the GBI said. The account is preliminary and the investigation is active and ongoing.

Two officers sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the incident and were treated at an area hospital, the GBI said. The bureau did not say in its release how the officers were injured. Separate local reporting on the shooting said Cherokee County Sheriff's deputies and Georgia State Patrol troopers also attended the scene to assist, and that the suspect and both officers were taken to hospital.

Source: Dispatch Times — Woodstock shooting report (Oct 23, 2026)

Once the investigation is complete, the case file will be given to the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office for review, the GBI said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Cleveland at (706) 348-4866; anonymous tips can be submitted at 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online through the GBI, or through the See Something, Send Something app.