{"id":2179789,"date":"2026-10-05T12:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2179789"},"modified":"2026-10-05T12:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:08:21","slug":"georgia-officials-hunt-for-suspect-in-shooting-that-killed-two-and-injured-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2179789","title":{"rendered":"Georgia officials hunt for suspect in shooting that killed two and injured 35"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Investigators in the US state of Georgia are on the hunt for a suspect in a mass shooting that erupted in the early hours of Sunday, killing two people and injuring 35 more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A crowd of roughly 1,000 people had gathered for a block party in the southern rural community of Vienna when, according to officials, more than 50 shots were fired.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Two of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene, while another 25 were transported to multiple nearby hospitals, some in critical condition. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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No known arrests have been made and authorities have not given a possible motive for the violence. Victims ranged in age from 14 to 51.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The incident occurred on Sunday morning around 01:30 local time (05:30 GMT), during a Dooly High School homecoming celebration,though it was not a school-sponsored event. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Our hearts are with the families grieving the loss of loved ones, those who were injured, and everyone affected by this tragedy,” the school said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Anticipating a large gathering, authorities from the Dooly County Sheriff’s Office were already positioned at both ends of the crowd as gunfire rang out. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Some people were reporting fireworks and then someone said somebody been shot,” Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy told local media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Peavy said officials then worked their way through the crowd, as people ran scrambling in different directions, while authorities made their way towards victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ashley Gee, who was there, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution news outlet that the barrage of gunfire sounded “like a machine gun”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Authorities arrived and found several people injured. The two deceased victims were found several blocks away from the scene of the shooting on Pine Street.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dooly County Coroner Brett Walls told the BBC’s US media partner, CBS News, the two killed were both men, ages 20 and 23.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Georgia Bureau of Investigations Medical Examiner’s Office said it would conduct an autopsy in each case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The bureau also said it would join the investigation at the request of the Dooly County Sheriff’s Office, describing operations as “active and ongoing”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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