Hall County investigators continue to probe two drive-by shootings over the weekend; one injured a teenager, and the other damaged a vehicle.
Both incidents were reported to authorities in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 2. Investigators were first called to a residence in the 200 block of Shallowford Road in Gainesville just after 2:30 a.m. There, they found a 15-year-old male juvenile with a gunshot wound to the arm.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) says several people were at the residence at the time, ranging in age from adults to young children. No one else was injured.
The second shooting was reported just after 3 a.m. Saturday at a residence in the 1700 block of Crow Drive in Gainesville. At that location, investigators found a vehicle damaged by apparent gunfire. No one was injured.
Investigators detained three witnesses for questioning on Saturday. They released them several hours later without charging them at this time.
“As it stands now, the investigation indicates the two incidents are related,” says HCSO Public Information Officer B.J. Williams.
Williams says more witnesses are being questioned, and investigators are processing electronic devices found at the scene for possible evidence.
Detectives say the shootings were targeted and not random. Several roads in the Lakeshore Mall area of Gainesville were closed Saturday as law enforcement investigated the shootings. Officials said there was no immediate danger to the public at large.
