Hall County deputy shoots man who pointed gun at him in Lumpkin County, authorities say

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A shooting involving a Hall County sheriff’s deputy happened Friday in Lumpkin County, according to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office.Around 9:45 a.m., Hall County deputies, with the assistance of Lumpkin County deputies and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), arrived at a home on Emory Stephens Road, just north of the Hall County line, to execute a search warrant, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office said.Law enforcement encountered a man inside a vehicle on the property and determined he had an active arrest warrant. The man, later identified by the GBI as 31-year-old Toby Stoyle, drove away when deputies tried to arrest him, crashing the car near the home, the sheriff’s office said.When a Hall County deputy approached the wrecked car, the man emerged from the vehicle and pointed a gun at the deputy, who then shot the suspect, according to the sheriff’s office.The suspect was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, where he remains