Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Alpharetta Shooting Victim Dies

Alpharetta investigators are conducing a manhunt to find a suspect in the Whitestone Ridge shooting.

UPDATE: The shooting victim died after being taken to North Fulton Hospital Monday night.

The man was shot in Stoneridge subdivision early Monday evening, and Alpharetta investigators were searching for a suspect.

The victim was taken to North Fulton Hospital, where investigators had gone to question him about the shooting, said Alpharetta Department of Public Safety spokesman George Gordon.

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The Alpharetta Dispatch Center received a call at 6:24 p.m. from a man who said he saw a man shot. Alpharetta police and fire units responded to the call at a townhome on Whitestone Ridge, a street within Stoneridge. They found the victim, who had been shot one time in the lower abdominal area, Gordon said.

Police are conducting a manhunt for a suspect in the shooting. As the manhunt was in progress, Gordon said he could not release any information about the suspect.

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"The detectives that are working this scene are working hard to find that shooter and bring him into custody," he said.


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