L. BRANCH CONNELLY, the law partner of Summerville criminal defense attorney Bobby Lee Cook, died Feb. 26 of a gunshot wound.

Connelly’s death is being investigated as a suicide, said Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead. The investigation is ongoing. The autopsy has been completed, but a report from the autopsy has not yet been issued, he said.

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