Friday November 29th, 2024 2:23PM

UGA student shot in apparent armed robbery

By AccessWDUN Staff

A University of Georgia student was last reported in critical condition following a shooting near campus Monday morning. 

Athens-Clarke County Police Department spokesman Geoffrey Gilland told Georgia News Network officers were called to a location on South Milledge Avenue around 7:15 a.m. to investigate an armed robbery. On the way to the call, they discovered a a 22-year-old man in the same vicinity suffered from gunshot wounds. 

Gilland said local police and the GBI are looking for a black male suspect with dreadlocks or twists. He was reported to be driving a white Ford Mustang, possibly a late 2000s model.

The name of the injured student has not been released. 

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