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2 LaGrange shootings, 1 fatal, may be gang related

Two shootings in LaGrange may have been related, police said. Daven Tucker, a 20-year-old with known gang associations, was shot and killed.
Two shootings in LaGrange may have been related, police said. Daven Tucker, a 20-year-old with known gang associations, was shot and killed.
By Ellen Eldridge
Dec 18, 2016

Police in LaGrange are investigating two shootings they believe are related.

Shooting erupted in a crowded parking lot on city property about 10 p.m. Saturday, police spokesman Lt. Dale Strickland said.

Four cars  pulled into the city-owned lot across from LaGrange High School and shots were fired from at least two cars, Strickland said.

Less than an hour later, Daven Tucker, a 20-year-old with known gang associations, was shot at 210 Newnan Street in LaGrange.

Three people flagged down police cars after the shooting and Tucker was taken to a hospital, where he died.

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