Shooting on Hwy. 44 ‘doesn’t appear to be random’

A man driving home from work Wednesday, Feb. 8, was shot by another driver, authorities say. The victim, 67-year-old Ralph Rella, works as a night manager at the Ritz Carlton Lake Oconee and lives in Forsyth, according to Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills. The man said he left work at 10:45 p.m. and was driving South along Ga. Route 44 to Forsyth when a white car pulled up behind him...

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