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1 killed, 3 injured in gunfight outside closed bank, police say

FLOYD COUNTY, Ga. — Police are trying to piece together what happened after two shootings left one man dead and three injured.

Rome police found 35-year-old Termaine Deshaun McKnight with multiple gunshot wounds lying in the parking lot of a closed bank off Calhoun Street. McKnight was found with two semi-automatic pistols next to him and more than a dozen shell casings were found nearby.

“It just came out of nowhere,” witness Karissa Ketterer said.

Ketterer was sitting on her porch early Sunday when she saw a group of people appear in the parking lot across the street.

“It wasn’t just six. It was a whole bunch of them,” she said. “I was with some friends, we were just chilling when we heard some gun shots and ran into the house.”

Police arrived soon after.

One of the responding officers saw a Jeep traveling at a high rate of speed toward Floyd Medical Center. Willingham said three people involved in the gunfight were in the vehicle.

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Evanda Spivey, 38, of Rome, and Sammy Riles, 33, of Columbus, sustained leg wounds, police said.

Both were treated and released. They told police they were running away when they were shot.

Not long after, police received a call about another shooting in the area.

Ladory Robinson, 29, of Rome, was found at 21 Atteiram Drive shot "multiple times" and was taken to a hospital.

Police are investigating the possibility that the shootings at the home and the parking lot are related.

Investigators told Channel 2's Tom Regan they are interviewing two of the injured people to see if they can provide information on why this happened and who fired shots.

"We had other witnesses say that all the subjects were together at the location, but right now, at this point, we don't know who shot who," Rome police Capt. Tony Yarbrough told Channel 2 Action News.

No arrests have been made.