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GBI releases identities of those killed in Hartwell shooting

Posted 3:30PM on Thursday 8th September 2022 ( 2 years ago )

A second person has died from this week’s multiple shooting outside a nightclub in Hartwell.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Natalie Ammons on Thursday identified those who died as Joseph Johnson, 24, of Bowman, and Roberius Thornton, 39, of Hartwell.

Thornton died at the scene, while Johnson died later at an area hospital.

The shooting happened about 2:15 a.m. Monday in the parking lot of Jack’s, a nightclub on Anderson Highway in Hartwell.

Hartwell police requested the GBI investigate the incident.

Two of four people who were shot early Monday outside Jack's, a nightclub on Anderson Highway in Hartwell, have died.

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