Crime & Public Safety

The GBI Crime Scene Unit is investigating a shooting Saturday evening that injured at least four teens at Briscoe Park in Gwinnett County

A man involved in an attempted armed robbery in Atlanta that ended with his accomplice being fatally shot is facing a murder charge, police said.

A burned body was found Saturday morning near the top of Stone Mountain, a park police official confirmed. A hiker called 911 shortly before 8:20 a.m. after spotting the body.

Officials are warning people to avoid a rural portion of Wilson Road, where a tractor-trailer carrying ‘blasting agents’ tipped over.

A Georgia man arrested in South Carolina faces murder charges in the shooting deaths of three people and the wounding of six others outside a Macon bar.

The suspected shooter fled the scene outside a St. Vincent de Paul nonprofit office at 2050 Chamblee Tucker Road near Buford Highway.

As a member of the R&B and funk group Kool & the Gang, Michael Sumler’s music made him famous, but it was his compassion for others that will be his legacy.

Prosecutors say Owens and the 2 election officials improperly blocked voters from casting ballots in a special election. Polling places were locked the morning of the vote.

Rachel Ernestine Ward, 62, was taken into custody at a home on Stoneridge Drive, where officials said they also located the victim.

Prosecutors say Xavier Tyler Stephens was shot multiple times while waiting for a ride in April.