Claims extracted
26
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
The Independent's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
11
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Two people died and nearly three dozen were injured after a shooting at a homecoming weekend block party early on Sunday morning in southern Georgia, state law enforcement officials said.
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officials → die → Georgia
A crowd of more than 1,000 people had gathered in Vienna when upwards of 50 shots were fired across at least two locations roughly a block apart, Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy told WMAZ-TV.
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Peavy → gather → TV
Peavy explained that those present were "going every direction" and that further gunfire broke out about one block away even while police officers were already present on the scene.
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officers → explain → scene
“We don’t know if it’s coming at us or someone else,” he said.
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he → know → us
“You just have to keep doing what you’re doing and hope you don’t get hit by gunfire.”
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you → have → gunfire
The incident took place over homecoming weekend for Dooly County High School.
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incident → take → School
The shooting was not at a school-sponsored event, said Sherrod Willaford, superintendent of the Dooly County School System.
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Willaford → sponsor → System
“We recognize that its impact may reach many of our students, families, and staff,” he said in a statement.
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he → recognize → statement
Schools will open Monday, he said, but additional safety measures have been put in place.
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measures → open → place
He did not specify what they are.
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they → specify → ?
Dooly County Sheriff’s Office deputies were on patrol at a neighborhood block party around 1:25 a.m. Sunday in Vienna when shots were fired, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.
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Bureau → fire → statement
Vienna is about 130 miles (about 210 kilometers) south of Atlanta and about a 50-mile (80-kilometer) drive south on the Interstate 75 corridor from the central Georgia city of Macon, where authorities say 12 teens were wounded by gunfire during a confrontation between people at a birthday party last week at a city park.
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teens → say → park
Deputies found two people dead at the scene and multiple others who had been shot, officials said.
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officials → find → scene
Police did not specify how many of the 35 injured had been shot or provide any details about the injuries or their severity.
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many → specify → injuries
The victims were taken to several hospitals for treatment, the GBI said.
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GBI → take → treatment
Dooly County Coroner Brett Walls said the two men, ages 20 and 23, were pronounced dead at the scene with fatal gunshot wounds.
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men → say → wounds
He said multiple other people were also shot, calling the scene “horrific.”
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people → say → scene
Walls told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that multiple people were struck by bullets and roughly a dozen others were hurt while trying to flee.
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others → tell → bullets
“This doesn’t — it’s not supposed to — happen in a small town like that.
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it → suppose → that
It’s something you hear on the news in bigger cities,” Walls told the newspaper, adding hospitals were flooded with the injured.
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hospitals → ’ → injured
“And even in bigger cities, you don’t hear that kind of a number.”
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you → hear → number
Authorities have not said whether any suspects are in custody or being sought.
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suspects → say → custody
No motive has been given for the shooting.
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motive → give → shooting
Vienna Mayor Eddie Daniels said the shooting was about a block from his house and he “saw a lot of blue lights.”
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he → say → lights
Daniels said he hadn’t spoken with law enforcement officials yet and had no details about what had happened.
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what → say → details
Daniels said the city hadn’t issued any kind of permit for the block party and he didn’t know if it was a homecoming party.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Lydia Bullard declined to answer questions about the shooting, saying it was an ongoing investigation.
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it → say → shooting
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