Probation officer fatally shot during training at Jackson prison 
JACKSON, Ga. - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking for answers after an apparent accidental shooting at a Butts County firing range that left a probation officer dead.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Tiffany Bishop, a staff member at the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson was killed on Wednesday after an apparent accidental discharge of a gun during a classroom training exercise.
Bishop, 24, was transported to an area hospital but officials said she died on the way.
John Bankhead of the GBI said, "For whatever reason, the instructor's weapon discharged and hit a probation officer who was in the class, and that probation officer has died."
The GBI and the Department of Corrections continue to investigate why the instructor used a live gun in the training session.
"Everything at this juncture points to a very tragic accident," said Bankhead. "We're going to investigate thoroughly."
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