DOUGHERTY COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities in South Georgia are asking for the public’s help in a shooting that left a young boy dead.
The Albany Police Department posted on its Facebook page that officers were called to a home on West Gordon Avenue Sunday night.
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When officers arrived, they found a 9-year-old dead with a gunshot wound to the head. Police said the boy was sleeping in his bed when a vehicle passing through the area opened fire.
Police is asking anyone with information on this shooting to call the Albany Police Department at 229-431-2100 or Crimestoppers at 229-436-TIPS.
Hundreds of people commented on the Facebook post about the shooting, many reacting in horror.
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“No parent should have to bury their child this way. Prayers for this family,” one person posted.
That area has seen deadly violence recently. In July 2020, a woman was killed and a man was injured in a shooting.
In 2014, APD Detectives said 24-year old LaShon Johnson was killed in a shooting.
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9-year shot while sleeping in his bed Officers responded to a call of shooting around 11:00 p.m. in the 1500 block of...
Posted by Albany Ga Police Department on Sunday, August 8, 2021
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