Douglasville

Facing primary, Georgia’s Kemp delivers on looser gun laws

By JEFF AMYApril 13, 2022 GMT

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp rose to national notice in 2018 in part through a television ad that showed him brandishing a shotgun at an actor playing a suitor of one of his daughters.

3rd victim dies after shooting in Paulding County

March 28, 2022 GMT

ROCKMART, Ga. (AP) — A third victim has died after a shooting that’s still under investigation in a northwest Georgia county, sheriff's deputies say.

The shooting happened March 21 in the western part of the county, Paulding County sheriff’s officials said.

15-year-old fatally shot in Georgia city

December 31, 2021 GMT

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia police department is investigating a shooting early Friday that left a 15-year-old dead.

Douglasville Police, in a Facebook post, said officers arrived at a home at about 12:30 a.m.

Man dies after running from officers; police dog shot

April 18, 2021 GMT

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A man who shot a police dog as he ran away from a traffic checkpoint in Georgia was found dead by a SWAT team in the woods several hours later, authorities said...