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Person of interest arrested in Thursday night shooting
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Updated: Feb 24, 2024, 6:52 PM
Published: Feb 23, 2024, 4:00 PM

Authorities are investigating a Thursday night shooting that left one man wounded.

Walthourville Police Chief Chris Reed said the man was found lying on the ground on the 100 block of Vandiver by law enforcement officers around 7:30 p.m. with a single gunshot wound to his knee. According to Reed, the victim was transported to Liberty Regional Medical Center in Hinesville and has been reported to be in stable condition.

A person of interest has been arrested and warrants are being processed for assault.

Reed said this was an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public.

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Early morning accident in McIntosh County kills five
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Updated: Apr 6, 2025, 6:53 PM
Published: Apr 6, 2025, 6:43 PM

Five people were killed and another one was injured following a two-vehicle accident in McIntosh County on Sunday morning.

Witnesses told Georgia State Patrol Trooper Christopher Ashdown that a Jeep Cherokee was traveling south on Interstate 95 at a high rate of speed when it rear-ended an Infiniti. The Cherokee hit a guard rail, bursting into flames. The crash and ensuing fire killed one adult and four children.

The driver of the Jeep Cherokee has been identified a Reagan Dougan, 27. GSP troopers have learned she rented the vehicle in Raleigh, N.C., and was heading to Florida to meet her husband. The children were a 9-year-old boy, a 4-year-old boy, a 2-year-old girl and a 3-month-old boy.

Ashdown said the Cherokee was a rental and authorities are in the process of identifying the victims.  The driver of the Infiniti, from Long County, was transported to Southeast Regional Health System in Brunswick with non-life-threatening injuries.

The accident occurred at mile marker 62 around 6 a.m.

 

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