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Toccoa teen wounded in shooting still hospitalized
Shooting victim, Cassidy Blalock is recovering in a Northeast Georgia hospital.
A Toccoa teenager who was shot last week remains hospitalized and the teen accused of shooting her remains behind bars.
17-year-old Cassidy Blalock was shot once in the arm when a gunman opened fire outside a Toccoa residence. The bullet broke her arm and severed her brachial artery. Quick thinking by a neighbor who witnessed the shooting helped save her life. “He wrapped my arm and stayed with me until the first responders got there,” Cassidy tells Now Habersham from her hospital bed in Gainesville.
A police shooting has led to the death of another Black man.
Matthew Zadok Williams was fatally shot on Monday at his home near Decatur, Georgia, with DeKalb County police alleging that he “lunged at officers with a knife on two separate occasions,” the
The incident took place around 4 p.m. on Monday at Williams’ condo, when officers responded to a report of a man with a knife, per the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Police say the 35-year-old lunged at them two times a story Williams’ family doesn’t believe.
“He was a non-violent person. He wouldn’t kill a bug,” his sister, Hahnah Williams told the
Written by Basinradio on April 15, 2021
Matthew Zadok Williams was shot and killed by police in his home in Georgia, and his family is seeking justice.
Another Black man’s life has been lost due to a police shooting.
On Monday, Matthew Zadok Williams, 35, was shot and killed in his home near Decatur, Georgia around 4 p.m. after DeKalb County police responded to reports of a man with a knife, per the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, although they have not released any audio from a 911 call yet, nor have they confirmed who placed this call. The police are alleging that he “lunged at officers with a knife on two separate occasions,” ultimately leading to the shooting, according to the