Crime & Safety
Bartow Man Found Not Guilty In Shooting
A trial jury on Wednesday acquitted Mark Alan Harris on charges related to the shooting of Tony Collum during a confrontation.

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A Bartow County trial jury has acquitted a resident on all charges stemming from a shooting at the defendant’s home.
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The jury on Wednesday found Mark Alan Harris not guilty on three counts of aggravated assault and one count of weapons violation in Chief Superior Court Judge David K. Smith’s courtroom.
Harris was arrested and charged in the 2012 shooting of Tony Collum, who had gone to Harris’ home to confront someone about taking his daughter to buy drugs.
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According to WBHF, Harris told the jury during his testimony that Collum hit him in the head and started to attack his son. At that moment, Harris said he went to retrieve his .32 caliber pistol and shot Collum at point-blank range.
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