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Dante Romearo Smith

Gender : Male

Age : 28

Race : White

Date : 07/08/2025

Location : Intersection of Highway 341 and Brent Road

City : Barnesville

County : Lamar

State : Georgia

Agency : Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during trespassing response

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 07/08/2025 at approximately 4:50 p.m., Georgia Department of Natural Resources game wardens responded to a trespassing complaint on private property along Brent Road in Lamar County. Upon locating Dante Romearo Smith, 28, at the intersection of Highway 341 and Brent Road, Smith allegedly charged at a warden while armed with a knife. The game warden fired, striking Smith. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation, and findings will be turned over to the Towaliga Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2025-07-08/gbi-investigates-officer-involved-shooting-lamar-county-georgia
https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/neighbors-react-after-dnr-game-warden-shoots-kills-armed-man-in-lamar-county/93-193195d2-eb78-41d4-9ed9-a5e031e2e151
https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/07/09/dnr-game-warden-involved-shooting-lamar-county-agency-says/
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-dnr-game-warden-shoots-kills-man-during-confrontation-lamar-county