A county government official in Georgia says at least four people have been killed in a mass shooting in a small community south of Atlanta.
“The suspect remains at large, and the public should avoid the area,” Henry County officials wrote Twitter And Facebook Saturday afternoon.
“I can confirm four deaths,” county government spokeswoman Melissa Robinson told the Associated Press.
Henry County is about an hour south of Atlanta.
The situation was disclosed around 10:45 a.m. Saturday in the Dogwood Lakes area of Hampton, Georgia, according to social media posts from the Henry County government.
The Hampton Police Department is leading the investigation with assistance from the Henry County Police and Sheriff’s Office, as well as Henry County Homeland Security and the Henry County Crime Scene Unit. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has also been notified.
Police in Hampton, Georgia, planned to release more details at a news conference Saturday afternoon.
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