Crime & Public Safety

Police say a 15-year-old is in critical condition after being shot at a South Fulton apartment complex. Investigators remained on the scene shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday.

A man charged with shooting two Tifton police officers has died following an “isolated incident” at the Coffee County Jail, officials confirmed.

Georgia state Rep. Sharon Henderson was charged Monday with fraud related to government assistance. Theodore Hertzberg says the investigations are not politically motivated.

The crash blocked I-75 South in Clayton County for hours on Tuesday morning.

Kmauri Burnett, 20, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Duluth, Minnesota, according to Atlanta police.

Three years after the 77-year-old was found stabbed to death, Antonio Brown pleaded guilty to her murder, avoiding a trial set for this week. He got 2 life sentences.

A man was tracked down and arrested in Tennessee after being tied to a double homicide Friday evening in Gwinnett County, officials said.

Former Georgia football player Ahkil Crumpton faces state murder charges in Oconee County trial after federal conviction in a 2021 killing.

Authorities say State Rep. Sharon Henderson, while a candidate for the Georgia House in 2020, applied for federal pandemic unemployment benefits under false pretenses.

Officers were called to the Powder Springs home for a domestic incident Saturday and found the two victims suffering from several gunshot wounds.