Authorities are searching for two suspects they say fled the scene of a fatal double shooting Friday evening at a Gwinnett County shopping plaza.
Officers were called to the 1300 block of Indian Trail Lilburn Road at about 6 p.m. on a person shot call. The address corresponds to a shopping center housing a Dunkin’ and other businesses.
There, they found a man dead in the doorway of Discover Wings, according to police. He was identified as 22-year-old Jerrett Mitchell of Lawrenceville.
Another gunshot victim was found in the area and taken to the hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, police added.
“At this time, very little is known about the victims and what took place,” according to police.
Authorities searched for the suspects in the nearby area with a K-9 unit and police helicopter, but they were not located. No details were provided about the suspects.
The victim’s sister, Joccara Mitchell, wrote in a GoFundMe campaign that her brother was an aspiring rapper and wanted to make his mother proud.
“Unfortunately all that was taken away from him by the hands of another person. He took Jerrett away from a family that loved him dearly,” Joccara Mitchell said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Gwinnett police detectives at 770-513-5300.
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