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🌱 Police seek witnesses after juvenile shooting near Hastings Bridge Road.

Lovejoy, Georgia Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Police seek witnesses after juvenile shooting near Hastings Bridge Road.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 87 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 88, low: 67.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 91 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 1 arrested after juvenile shot near Hastings Bridge Rd. in Lovejoy (fox5atlanta.com) — A juvenile was shot Sunday afternoon near Hastings Bridge Road in Lovejoy and remains in stable condition, while police say they’ve arrested one suspect and see no ongoing threat to the public. Detectives are still investigating and are asking anyone with eyewitness accounts or video from the area to contact the Lovejoy Police Department.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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