A man is dead following a deputy-involved shooting early Tuesday morning in Gordon County. According to the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office: At about 1 a.m., the deputy attempted to stop an automobile near Resaca. The vehicle sped away and a pursuit ensued. It ended near a private residence in the Sugar Valley Community. As the deputy was attempting to arrest the man who’d fled, the deputy shot him. The deputy was uninjured. As is policy in such cases and at the request of the sheriff’s office, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent investigation.