3:00 A.M. FRIDAY UPDATE:
Gainesville Police responded to Wee Willy’s on Jesse Jewell Parkway at Wall Street for a shooting around 8:00 Thursday night.
According to spokesman Kevin Holbrook, one man was shot in the parking lot of the convenience store. “He was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in critical condition. The case remains under investigation.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
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EARLIER STORY. POSTED 11:15 THURSDAY NIGHT:
One person was shot and wounded near Northeast Georgia Medical Center Thursday night.
Gainesville Police had released few details about the incident late Thursday night, but it reportedly happened at or near the Downey Boulevard/Jesse Jewell Parkway intersection.
And Facebook postings describe a large police presence in the area with one picture that shows crime scene tape around a convenience store at the intersection.