Three Injured in Apparent Drive-By Shooting

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Deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office are investigating an incident in which three people were shot late Saturday evening.

Deputies with the agency responded around 8:42 p.m. Dec. 5 to a shots fired and person wounded call on Canton Street, which is west of Waleska Road/S.R. 140 near its intersection with Reinhartdt College Parkway. 

Deputies arrived on the scene and found three individuals all suffering from gunshot wounds, sheriff’s office spokesperson Lt. Jay Baker.

The victims, Gary Hart, 27, Chaz Hart, 25 and Jermaine Gay, 39, all of Canton, were transported to area hospitals to be treated for what appear to be non-life threatening injuries to face, knee and hip, Baker added.

Baker stated that both the Harts are brothers.

According to witness statements, Courtney and Craig Pitts allegedly ”pulled up in a gray Ford Mustang and started shooting at people,” Baker added.

According to the witnesses, the Pitts fled the area in the same Mustang. Baker confirmed to Patch that the Pitts are brothers.

Moments later, a deputy on patrol in the vicinity of the incident spotted the Mustang on Lucky Street and attempted to pull over the vehicle.

The passenger vehicle refused to stop and a short chase ensued north along S.R. 140 and down Pea Ridge Road before the driver of the Mustang, Courtney Pitts, lost control and struck a telephone pole on Pea Ridge Road, the sheriff’s office said.

The driver as well as the passenger were injured in the accident and transported to Kennestone Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The Georgia State Patrol is investigating that single-vehicle accident.

Courtney and Craig Pitts remain in custody at the hospital as detectives continue to investigate this incident. No charges have been filed at this time.

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Photo: Craig Pitts, left, and Courtney Pitts. Credit: Cherokee Sheriff’s Office