UPDATED: Man shot, killed at gas station in Eatonton, suspect found
Eatonton police officers, fire department personnel and Putnam County Sheriff’s deputies at the Shell Food Mart on Sumter Street where a shooting happened Sunday. CONTRIBUTED
Lajuan Peire Evans
An Eatonton man was shot at the Shell Food Mart Sunday afternoon and later died at the hospitals, authorities say.
The alleged shooter was in custody approximately 24 hours later.
Putnam County Coroner Hollis Harrison identified the victim as Frederick Scott Jr., 32, of Chase Circle, Eatonton. He was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. by an Emergency Department physician at Putnam General Hospital.
