McDonough police handled three separate shootings all in the same night last week, and investigators think the crimes may be connected.
Two men died and a woman was injured but survived the Aug. 9 rash of violence, which erupted in little over an hour at three locations south and north of the McDonough Square.
Police found the female victim when officers responded to the first shooting near Lemon Place around 11:45 p.m. She suffered multiple wounds, but her injuries were not considered life-threatening, McDonough police said in a news release.
Two minutes later, while officers were still on the Lemon Place scene, police received a call about a second shooting about two miles north on Fairview Drive. Police arrived and found a man shot dead.
Shortly before 1 a.m. the following morning, officers were dispatched to a drive-by shooting on Bridges Road, where they found yet another man fatally wounded from multiple gunshots.
According to the release, McDonough investigators suspect all three shootings may be linked. Police did not specify what may connect the shootings and did not provide any suspect information.
“The investigation remains active and evidence is being evaluated to determine persons of interest at this time,” officials said in the release.
Police are not releasing the names of the three victims, citing the ongoing investigation.
Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to call the McDonough Police Department’s criminal investigations division at 470-878-1091 or via email at wposs@mcdonoughga.org.
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