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Sleeping 9-year-old Georgia boy killed in drive-by shooting

DOUGHERTY COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities in South Georgia are asking for the public’s help in a shooting that left a young boy dead.

The Albany Police Department posted on its Facebook page that officers were called to a home on West Gordon Avenue Sunday night.

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When officers arrived, they found a 9-year-old dead with a gunshot wound to the head. Police said the boy was sleeping in his bed when a vehicle passing through the area opened fire.

Police is asking anyone with information on this shooting to call the Albany Police Department at 229-431-2100 or Crimestoppers at 229-436-TIPS.

Hundreds of people commented on the Facebook post about the shooting, many reacting in horror.

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“No parent should have to bury their child this way. Prayers for this family,” one person posted.

That area has seen deadly violence recently. In July 2020, a woman was killed and a man was injured in a shooting.

In 2014, APD Detectives said 24-year old LaShon Johnson was killed in a shooting.

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Posted by Albany Ga Police Department on Sunday, August 8, 2021