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Shooting in Lee County leaves one dead
Posted: 10.20.2012 at 5:03 PM
Updated: 10.20.2012 at 7:15 PM
Matt Prichard

Matt Prichard joined the Fox 31 News Team in May of 2012 as a general assignment reporter.

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Johnny Anthony Allen arrested after shooting and killing a man in Lee County.  / Lee County Jail
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ALBANY, GA -- According Agent Danny Jackson with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Officials with the Lee County Sheriff's office responded to a shooting Friday night around 9:30 PM at the intersection of Knollwood Drive and Creekside Drive.

38-year-old Johnny Anthony Allen is in the Lee County Jail and has been charged with murder, and aggravated assault after he shot the victim, 48-year-old Robert Patton, in the chest.

Patton was rushed to Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and died shortly after.

Officials say Allen got into a verbal argument with a woman when Patton interjected, which led to the shooting.

Stay connected right here on our website, and the FOX 31 News at 10 for more details on this story as they become available.

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