Published 10:13 am Monday, August 17, 2026 SPARTA, Ga. — Five people, including one who is in critical condition, are recovering at two separate hospitals following a shooting at a residential party in Hancock County early Sunday, local and state authorities say. Multiple gunshots rang out at a residence in the Beulah community outside Sparta shortly before 3 a.m. The first 911 call came into the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office at 2:52 a.m., according to Hancock County Sheriff’s Office Chief Investigator Thomas Resha. The chief deputy, along with deputies, responded to the scene and began gathering as much information as possible while awaiting the arrival of special agents and a crime scene specialist from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Region 6 Investigative Office in Milledgeville. By the time deputies arrived within 10 minutes of the 911 call, those wounded had been taken to area hospitals by private vehicles, Resha told The Union-Recorder during an interview at the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday afternoon. Mary Chandler, special agent in-charge of the GBI local office, is now overseeing the investigation. The most critical of the victims was identified as 21-year-old Al’najjee Morris. She is now a patient at Atrium Health Navicent-The Medical Center in Macon. She was first taken to the emergency department of Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin hospital in Milledgeville and later flown by AirEvac Lifeteam to the nearest trauma center. Chandler also identified…
*This content (including text, artwork, graphics, photography, and video) was provided by the third party(ies) as referenced above. Any rights or other content questions or inquiries should be directed to such third-party provider(s).
