Georgia Homecoming Party Shooting: 2 Killed, Nearly 3 Dozen Injured After 50+ Shots Fired At 1,000-Person Gathering | Video
Vienna: Law enforcement officials are still working to determine just what happened when a chaotic homecoming party spanning a four-block radius of a southern Georgia town erupted in gunfire early Sunday, leaving two people dead and nearly three dozen others injured. Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy identified the two people killed as 21-year-old Jaquevion Jackson of Cordele and 23-year-old…
Early Sunday morning, a homecoming party in Vienna, Georgia turned into a chaotic scene of gunfire that left two people dead and nearly three dozen others injured. The small, rural town is located about 130 miles south of Atlanta. Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy identified the two victims as 21-year-old Jaquevion Jackson from Cordele and 23-year-old Macaleb Jackson from Hawkinsville.
An ongoing investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has not yet determined a motive for the shooting, which occurred during homecoming weekend for Dooly County High School. The injured ranged in age from 14 to 51 and were taken to various regional hospitals, some in critical condition. No arrests had been made and authorities have not named a suspect.
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