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Search underway for armed Georgia fugitive

Nicholas Bishop (Credit: Pickens County Sheriff's Office)
Nicholas Bishop (Credit: Pickens County Sheriff's Office)
By Raisa Habersham
March 29, 2017

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a fugitive who they say is armed with a gun.

Officials have been searching for Nicholas Bishop since about 2 p.m. Wednesday, according to the sheriff’s office’s Facebook page.

Bishop abandoned a stolen car in Talking Rock in the area of Priest Circle, authorities said.

Anyone who sees Bishop is asked to call 911.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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