Published 2:30 pm Tuesday, August 18, 2026 Deputies and detectives with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office have been busy investigating a pair of shootings — one of which left a local man wounded, The Union-Recorder has learned. Both shootings happened Monday night on the south side of the county. The first of the two shootings happened a little after 9:30 p.m. at a residence on the 100 block of Lake Drive, which runs off Helen Circle, behind Rod’s Stop and Shop. Maj. Brad King, commander of the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division, said more than 50 gunshots were fired at the residence where the victim lived. “Right now, we know it was a combination of a handgun and a rifle that were used,” King said. King said it is believed there were at least two gunmen involved. “They struck that residence multiple times, and one of the guys that lives there was struck.” The victim sustained a wound to the upper portion of one of his legs and was taken by a private vehicle to the emergency department of Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin hospital in Milledgeville. King said the victim, who has not yet been publicly identified, was treated and released from the local hospital late Monday. The CID commander said a crime scene specialist with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Region 6 Investigative Office in Milledgeville worked the scene. “We had a state trooper call here after he heard gunshots about 9:40 p.m.,” King said. “And then the victim arrived at the…
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