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One Killed in Newton Shooting
COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) Newton County officials say a shooting at a residence near Covington left one man dead, and another man and a teenager were wounded.
Newton County sheriff's office spokesman Lt. Tyrone Oliver says officers arrived at the home Monday morning and found the three had been shot. Oliver says one victim, 34-year-old Calvin Kentrell Banks, was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Oliver says the other shooting victims are a man and a teenage girl. He says they were being treated at hospitals. Their identities have not been released.
Oliver says a man who fled the shooting scene on foot is being sought.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Newton County sheriff's office spokesman Lt. Tyrone Oliver says officers arrived at the home Monday morning and found the three had been shot. Oliver says one victim, 34-year-old Calvin Kentrell Banks, was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Oliver says the other shooting victims are a man and a teenage girl. He says they were being treated at hospitals. Their identities have not been released.
Oliver says a man who fled the shooting scene on foot is being sought.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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