1 Injured, 1 Charged In Canton Campground Shooting

CANTON, GA — A Cherokee County shooting Sunday evening near Lake Allatoona ended with a Cartersville man in critical condition and a Lithonia man facing charges, authorities said.

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said Monday that deputies responded around 6 p.m. to a shooting at a Field Chapel Road campground area.

Witnesses told dispatchers the accused gunman fled the scene and gave them a vehicle description, authorities said.

After learning the direction the vehicle headed in, authorities said a deputy responded to the area and saw the vehicle traveling west on Knox Bridge Highway toward Bartow County.

Authorities identified the driver of the vehicle as Gregory Eugene Hall, 42. Authorities said an unidentified firearm was found in Hall's vehicle, and he was identified as the shooting suspect.

The shooting was the result of an altercation between Hall and the 39-year-old Cartersville man, authorities said, noting the two men did not know one another.

The man who was injured had three gunshot wounds and was taken to Wellstar Cartersville Hospital, authorities said. He remained in critical condition Monday, authorities said.

Hall was arrested and charged on suspicion of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, authorities said. He is being held without bond at the Cherokee Adult Detention Center, authorities said.