Man charged with opening fire after starting fight in LaGrange
An 18-year-old man is being charged in a shooting that left two men injured.
LaGrange police say Ashton Luther Britt drove to the area of Boston Drive in the Baldwin Park subdivision on Saturday afternoon to fight a group of three men.
During the fight, investigators say Britt went back to his car, grabbed a gun and began opening fire.
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One man was hit in the chest and air lifted by helicopter to a metro Atlanta hospital. There is no word on his condition.
Another was hit in the wrist and treated and released on the scene. The third man was not shot.
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After the shooting, police say Britt drove away in a 2009 Honda Accord. He was later arrested in Lanett, Alabama and charged with three counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
He is currently being held in the Chambers County Jail in Lanett while he awaits extradition back to Georgia.
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