COVINGTON, Ga. — On Sunday, officers with the Covington Police Division (CPD) responded to gunfire at Academy Springs Park.
Based mostly on the preliminary CPD investigation detailed in a press launch, an unidentified male fired “at the least three rounds” at a number of victims.
Two of the rounds struck a automobile that the victims had been utilizing as cowl. The CPD did clarified that nobody was harmed within the altercation.
The CPD’s preliminary investigation factors to the incident stemming from a birthday celebration.
A male sufferer and the mom of his baby had been in attendance. The 2 engaged in what the CPD referred to as “private disagreements, particularly associated to the sufferer’s attendance and who he introduced with him.”
The altercation then prolonged to the playground space of the park, the place the CPD stated the victims had been trying to depart. That is when the unidentified man reportedly opened hearth.
The shooter’s relation to the arguing events stays unclear, as do the identities of the 2 victims.
The CPD instructed The Covington Information that no arrests have been made presently. The division is actively pursuing leads within the case and welcomes data relating to the suspects or their location. Info may be given to Det. Bowles at 678-625-5590.
The Information has reached out to acquire extra data and can replace the story as particulars are made accessible.
