(WXIA) -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate climbed to 6.2 percent in January.

That's up from December's 6.0 percent, but considerably lower than the 7.1 percent in January 2014.

DeKalb County's unemployment rate was 6.6 percent this January.

Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said the rate increased because of the loss of about 35,100 jobs, mostly seasonal positions.

But the Atlanta area had the largest January-to-January job growth ever recorded, adding 104,400 jobs over the course of the year.

The metropolitan Atlanta area consists of 29 counties, including the recently added Morgan County.

Metro Gainesville had January's lowest jobless rate, at 5.2 percent. The Heart of Georgia-Altamaha region had the highest, at 8.3 percent.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga -- The family of Anthony Hill said they want him to be remembered as a man who served his country, not as an unarmed naked man who was shot by a police officer.

Hill, 26, served in Afghanistan in the United States Air Force. A family member said he was having medical issues ever since he returned from the war.

Hill was unarmed and unclothed when he was shot and killed by DeKalb County Police Officer Robert Olson. Police said Hill was running at the officer and refused to stop when Olson fired two shots.

Hill's family has hired Atlanta attorney Christopher Chestnut. In a press release from his publicist Chestnut said he was retained to "ensure that a transparent investigation is conducted."

DEKALB COUNTY, GA (WXIA) – A DeKalb County police officer shot and killed a naked, unarmed man at an apartment complex Monday afternoon.

It happened in the parking lot at the Heights at Chamblee complex in the 3000 block of Chamblee Tucker Road.

Exactly what happened in the parking lot is not being debated. The stories from police and witnesses are consistent. What an investigation – led by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation – will determine is if the DeKalb County police officer was justified in shooting the man.

Police were called to the Heights apartments by a 911 caller who said a suspicious man was running through the complex.

"The caller reported a male acting deranged, knocking on doors and crawling around on the ground naked," said DeKalb County Police Chief Dr. Cedric Alexander in a Monday afternoon news conference.