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Published on June 16, 2024
Athens Detectives Probe Bethel Homes Shooting, Two Hospitalized, Gunman at LargeSource: Google Street View

Two individuals have been hospitalized following a shooting at an Athens apartment complex on Friday, a scene now enveloped in the tapestry of an investigation by local detectives, as reported by FOX 5 Atlanta. The incident, erupting from what is believed to be an altercation turning abruptly into gunfire, left both victims with injuries from which they are expected to make a recovery.

Details surrounding the shooting remain scarce, with authorities piecing together the fragments the outset of an investigation that has so far yielded no clear motive and no details on the parties involved. Athens-Clarke County Police, who responded to the emergency at Bethel Homes located on Hickman Drive, have yet to release the names or the condition of the victims, but steadfast in their pursuits, they are working with the clues at hand to unearth circumstances that precipitated this violent exchange according to WSB-TV.