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Yahoo
03-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
15-year-old killed in Newton County hit-and-run
Officials in Newton County are looking to identify a driver who allegedly drove away after hitting and killing a teenager Monday night. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Newton County deputies said they were called to a hit-and-run around 10:30 p.m. on Highway 36, just south of Hummingbird Lane. When deputies arrived, they found a person dead on the road. The victim was later identified as a 15-year-old boy from Covington. Officials did not release his name. TRENDING STORIES: Chase in DeKalb ends in serious crash, blocks traffic on Peachtree Ind Blvd by I-285 ramp GA parents accused of waiting to report 6-month-old's death while possessing cocaine Man sentenced for kidnapping, raping woman in DeKalb nearly 40 years ago The NCSO said evidence indicates the suspect's vehicle is pearl white. Anyone with information is urged to call Sgt. Jack Redlinger 678-300-7877 or via email. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Los Angeles Times
11-04-2025
- Los Angeles Times
Walmart employee kills co-worker in Georgia store, woman at nearby home, wounds another
COVINGTON, Ga. — A Walmart employee shot and killed a co-worker inside a Georgia store and critically wounded another worker outside early Friday while the business was closed to the public, authorities said. After leaving the store, the gunman forced his way into a nearby home and fatally shot a female acquaintance, the Newton County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. 'The suspect specifically targeted individuals they knew,' the sheriff's office said. Employees were working inside the Walmart Supercenter in the Covington area, about 35 miles southeast of Atlanta, when the shooting occurred around 1:30 a.m., the sheriff's office said. The suspect was later apprehended in Aiken, S.C., Newton County sheriff's Sgt. Jack Redlinger said in a briefing near the Georgia Walmart. Aiken is near the Georgia-South Carolina line, just east of Augusta, Ga. The sheriff's department identified the victims as 'acquaintances' of the suspect but did not immediately release more details of the shootings. The worker who was wounded was in critical condition at a hospital Friday morning, authorities said. Before any of the shootings began, the suspect who was working inside the Walmart left the store and went outside to retrieve a gun and then returned and opened fire, the sheriff's office said. After the suspect fled Georgia toward South Carolina, Flock Safety surveillance cameras were used to track his vehicle, Redlinger said. The cameras can identify and track vehicles by license plate, type, color and other details and alert law enforcement when they are spotted. 'We're heartbroken by what's happened,' Bentonville, Ark.-based Walmart said in a statement. 'There's no place for violence in our stores,' the company said. 'We're focused on taking care of our associates and supporting law enforcement with their investigation.'
