At least two shot at 7th St. hot dog stand

Published 4:39 pm Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Authorities are on the scene at the Hot Dog King, located at 1005 South 7th St., after a shooting left one injured with a gunshot wound to the shoulder. A Cordele Police Department cruiser was seen leaving the scene with a person in custody, but authorities are in the very early stages of investigating the incident, and very few details are available.

According to 911 dispatch radio traffic, as many as three people were injured in the shooting, which occurred some time around 4 p.m. Tuesday. It is unclear if the incident happened inside the Hot Dog King. There is an adjacent auto shop at the property; patients were being treated at and transferred from the parking lot.

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