BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. — One man is dead and another is facing a murder charge after a shooting in Bartow County Wednesday night.
Deputies say they were called to a home on Pine Ridge Drive NW in Cartersville in reference to shots being fired at a home.
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They found Michael Douglas Gravely, a 47-year-old who lives in the area, laying on the ground between two outside buildings. They say he had been shot in the lower back.
Gravely was taken to a nearby hospital where he died from his injuries.
Hours later, 34-year-old Alexander Bradley Smart was arrested and charged with murder.
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He is currently being held in the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office Adult Detention Center without bond.
Investigators have not commented on what led up to the shooting.
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