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Tyler Perry Helps, Pigs Shot, US Flag Escapes Fire: GA Top News

An American Legion Post flag that escaped a fire and a GoFundMe page created for a shooting victim​​ are just 2 top GA stories this week.

(Paulding County Sheriff's Office)

It was a busy week of news around Georgia, with stories such as the two gunshot-riddled bodies found In Extra Space Storage unit; two pigs shot, reward offered; Jimmy Carter is now the country's oldest former president; and Tyler Perry helping a family of the woman killed in a bank shooting. Other top headlines included a DeKalb American Legion Post that burned but the American flag was saved and the GoFundMe page that was created for a Wells Fargo shooting victim.

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