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Triple Shooting In Newton Leaves 1 Dead

Posted: 12:13 pm EDT June 29, 2009Updated: 5:16 pm EDT June 29, 2009

Three people were shot Monday morning at a house on Appia Way in Covington, according to police.

Newton County officials said the shooting happened at about 9:45 a.m., leaving one man dead, and another man and a teenager wounded.

Newton County sheriff's office spokesman Lt. Tyrone Oliver said officers arrived at the home Monday morning and found the three had been shot. Oliver said one victim, 34-year-old Calvin Kentrell Banks, was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Oliver said the other shooting victims are a man and a teenage girl. He said they were being treated at hospitals. Their identities have not been released.

Oliver said a man who fled the shooting scene on foot is being sought.

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