WRIGHTSVILLE -- Two 18-year-olds died from apparent gunshot wounds Friday afternoon.

WRIGHTSVILLE — Two 18-year-olds died from apparent gunshot wounds Friday afternoon.

According to the GBI, the Johnson County Sheriff’s office was dispatched at about 1 p.m. to a residence on Paul Lord Road in Wrightsville, in reference to two dead individuals.

Upon arrival, deputies discovered 18-year-old Destiny Hope Kight, of Wrightsville and 18-year-old Charles Jaylon Garrett, of East Dublin, both dead from apparent gunshot wounds.

Anyone with information should contact the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 864-4003 or the GBI Eastman Office at (478) 374-6988.

Tips can also be submitted by calling 1(800) 597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Two Georgia teenagers dead from apparent gunshot wounds


WRIGHTSVILLE -- Two 18-year-olds died from apparent gunshot wounds Friday afternoon.
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