One person has been detained following a deadly shooting Tuesday morning in the Hunters Forest neighborhood of Johns Creek, according to police.
Officers got a call about unknown trouble at a home along Bramshill Drive around 7:30 a.m., Johns Creek police said on social media. Before they got there, 911 dispatchers let them know gunshots could be heard over the call. Officers heard an additional gunshot when they arrived in the neighborhood, police said.
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One person is confirmed dead and another was taken to a hospital, according to officials. The surviving victim’s condition was not released.
Police said one person of interest has been detained and the scene has been secured.
“We do not believe that there’s any other persons involved that are outstanding,” police spokesman Capt. Todd Hood said. “So as far as the schools or local locations like that, we do not believe that any of those locations are at risk.”
No other details about the person of interest, the victims or what led up to the shooting have been released.
“Someone lost their life, and it’s a tragic event,” Hood said. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to those family members ... as well as the officers that had to respond to this and witness this tragic event.”
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John Tumelty, who has been staying with a friend in the neighborhood, told reporters he heard someone screaming in the distance around the time of the shooting.
“My window was cracked, and I could hear ... a man’s voice, and he was screaming, but not the kind of scream that was — like, something’s like really wrong,” Tumelty said. “It probably lasted maybe 60 seconds, maybe even a bit longer.”
“It’s just strange because you don’t hear that level of despair in a scream,” he added. “I could feel in the scream that it was something really bad ... it was a shrilling despair in the guy’s voice.”
He said he saw officers arriving with their guns drawn, something that is out of the ordinary for that neighborhood.
“My heart goes out to people ... you just don’t know what’s going on behind each door,” Tumelty said. “The pain that might be happening or the despair or the loneliness or the tragedy ... we’re in a time of, like, you just don’t know the pain that people might be in, you know. And it plays out in some pretty extreme ways sometimes.”
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