Incident
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8-12-2014 Georgia Cartersville 4-1
Location
August 12, 2014
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
District
Congressional District: 11State Senate District: 52
State House District: 15