Gunman wanted in deadly triple shooting near police station found dead in Atlanta, GBI says

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BARNESVILLE, Ga. — A triple shooting left one dead and two injured near a Georgia police station on Tuesday evening.

Barnesville Police Chief Belinda Penamon told Channel 2′s Candace McCowan that officers at the station on Mill Street heard gunshots around 6 p.m. and ran a street over to find three people shot in a car.

Investigators told Channel 2 Action News that the trio, two women and a man, were the victims of a drive-by shooting. One of the women, 33-year-old Yasmine Wright died from her injuries. The other two victims are in the hospital.

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The conditions of the surviving victims are unclear.

The suspect, 33-year-old Eric Spradley was later found dead in Atlanta from what officials believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Police have not commented on what led up to the shooting.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called in to investigate the shooting. Penamon said Barnesville has not had a homicide in over two years.

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