Crime & Safety
Report: Two Dead, Three Wounded in Bartow Shootings
The suspected shooter fled the scene and was later found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
UPDATE at 7:06 p.m.:
Two people are now reported dead in a series of shootings that occurred Tuesday afternoon in unincorporated Cartersville.
According to The Daily Tribune News, the suspect allegedly opened fire in the front yard of a home at 15 Brent Circle, fatally shooting one and wounding two other people.
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The suspect then drove to a house on Milam Bridge Road where he shot and wounded another person. After that shooting, the suspect allegedly carjacked a man and his grandson near River Oaks and drove away in a silver pickup truck.
He then led law enforcement authorities on a chase, which ended with the truck hitting a trailer carrying equipment that caused the materials to explode on impact, the newspaper repotted.
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The identity of the suspect, who was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, has not been released.
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