Fight leads to shooting on LaGrange street; two people injured, subject arrested
LaGrange detectives are investigating an early Saturday afternoon altercation that led to a shooting.
Police officers with the department responded to Lafayette Parkway where they intercepted a vehicle transporting a gunshot wound victim around 2:00 PM on Saturday April 30, 2022.
“It was learned at this time, the victim had been shot once in the upper torso during an altercation on Boston Drive,” police said. “At this time Demetrius Heard was evaluated by EMS, and flown via helicopter to a Metro Atlanta area hospital.”
An investigation was started which determined that Ashton Luther Britt had driven to the area of Boston Drive to fight with an individual and at the conclusion of this fight, Britt retrieved a firearm from his car where he then opened fire on three people.
During this shooting, the first victim was struck in the upper torso, the second victim was grazed with a bullet on the wrist, he was treated and released at the scene, and the third victim was not struck.
Britt then fled the scene in a 2009 Honda Accord. Ashton Britt was later arrested by Lanett Police Department in Lanett, Alabama on 3 counts of aggravated assault and possession of firearm during the commission of a crime. Britt is currently in Chambers County, Alabama Jail awaiting extradition back to Georgia for these charges.
Anyone within information regarding this investigation is encouraged to the LaGrange Police Department 706-883-2603 or Troup County Crime Stoppers at 706-812-1000
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