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Man shot in Athens, rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries, police say

When police arrived, they found a 32-year-old man who had been shot. He was rushed to a hospital for life-threatening injuries.
Credit: Athens-Clarke County Police Department Facebook

CLARKE COUNTY, Ga. — Athens-Clarke County Police are investigating after a man was shot Monday afternoon.

Officers were called to a shooting just after 4:30 p.m. at the 200 block of Hawthorne Extension, which is a residential area near Athens' Normaltown neighborhood, just a few blocks away from Piedmont Hospital. 

When police arrived, they found a 32-year-old man who had been shot. He was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Currently, Athens-Clarke County Police are still working to learn more details about the shooting. 

If you have any information about the shooting, call Detective Lister with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department at 762-400-7333 or email him at at hovie.lister@accgov.com.

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