VIDALIA, Ga. — Two people are dead after a shooting in Vidalia, according to a press release from the Vidalia Police Department.
They say it happened on Saturday around 5 p.m.
Officers responded to a call about shots fired on East Jenkins Street and Epstein Street.
When they got there they found 23-year-old Justin Godfrey and 18-year-old Iesha Wicker of Soperton with gunshot wounds.
Both were taken in a personal vehicle to the hospital.
They later died.
The GBI and the Vidalia Police Department are investigating the deaths.
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