Clayton County police search for gunman who shot girl, uncle
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Posted 7:07AM on Thursday, January 10, 2002
MORROW - Clayton County police are looking for a man who shot a two-year-old girl and her uncle after an argument over a dice game. <br>
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Markenia Polk was shot in the mouth yesterday. Police say she was taken to Southern Regional Medical Center with injuries that are not life threatening. <br>
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Her uncle, 22-year-old Anthony Mitchell - also of Morrow - was shot in the leg. <br>
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County police Major Doug Jewett says the shooting occurred about 3 p.m. at an apartment complex. He says one of the men involved in the game fired at least three rounds into the group. <br>
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Jewett says the man and her uncle lived across from the apartments where the shooting occurred.