The Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is investigating a shooting that occurred outside of a party at a residence early Sunday morning, July 16, in the 3000 block of Gilleland Extention.
HCSO deputies and officers from the Gainesville, Oakwood, and Flowery Branch police departments responded to the incident at approximately 1:20 a.m. Deputies assisted the 27-year-old female victim. She was alert and talking, officials say.
Hall County Fire Rescue arrived and transported the injured woman to the hospital.
“According to the initial investigation, the victim and an unknown number of other individuals were involved in an altercation when the shot was fired by an unknown suspect,” says HCSO Public Information Officer Derreck Booth.
Booth says others involved in the altercation fled the scene.
According to investigators, the incident was isolated to the parties involved, and there is no threat to the public as the investigation continues.
HCSO is not releasing the victim’s name at this point in the investigation and has no updated information on her condition.
