Shooting incidents reported in South Rome

Friday, September 6, 2024–11:30 a.m.

-Rome Police Department report-

Rome Police are investigating a couple of shooting incidents in South Rome on Wednesday.

According to the incident reports:

Officers responded to responded to Floyd Medical Center in reference to a gunshot victim, possibly related to a “shots fired” call on Harper Avenue. 

However, the man who was shot in the calf and ankle was uncooperative with the investigation.

Meanwhile, a vehicle on Nixon Avenue was struck by gunfire.

The report states that bullets traveled through the rear windshield and the front passenger seat headrest and out of the front windshield. 

It appeared as though a bullet struck the front windshield of the Nissan Rogue but did not penetrate it.

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