Incident

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8-12-2014 Georgia Cartersville 4-1

Location

August 12, 2014

Incident Address

Cartersville, Georgia

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Royce Randal "Pops" Hobgood
Age: 64
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Steven Teitsort
Age: 44
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Austin Denzel Tyler
Age: 20
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Suicide^
Spree Shooting (multiple victims, multiple locations)
Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)
Drug involvement

Notes

spree: injured 2 & killed 1 at home; crashed into another house, shot owner in hand; carjacked & shot self; believed victims knew him

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/2-months-after-Bartow-County-shooting-victim-/nhXLL/

URL: http://www.wsav.com/story/26264069/2-dead-3-injured-in-northwest-ga-shootings

URL: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/bartow-man-shot-at-a-dozen-people-killing-one-befo/ng3kJ/

District

Congressional District: 11
State Senate District: 52
State House District: 15