Teen shot and killed one block from Memorial Stadium during GHS-SHS football game

SHEILA A. MATHEWS :::

A young teen was shot and killed Saturday afternoon approximately one block from Memorial Stadium during the Griffin High Bears-Spalding High Jaguars football game.

The annual game between the hometown rivals was this year scheduled for early afternoon hours, beginning at 2 p.m., and numerous law enforcement officers from the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office and the Griffin Police Department were on hand.

At approximately 4:42 p.m., officers working the football game heard shots fired in the vicinity.

The area was canvassed, and the victim, a 14-year-old boy, was located at the intersection of East Poplar and S. 5th streets.

The victim’s family has been notified Spalding County Coroner Michael Pryor has identified the teen as Emmanuel Dorsey, who resided on West Tinsley Street.

“When they (deputies and officers) got to him, he was unresponsive. EMS arrived on the scene and was unresponsive. He was transported to Spalding Regional where he was pronounced dead,” Pryor said.

Dorsey sustained a gunshot wound to the torso.

“We’re sending his body to the GBI for autopsy – he’ll be going in the morning – and it’s an ongoing investigation of the Griffin Police Department and the Coroners Office,” Pryor said.

Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the Griffin Police Department at 770.229.6452.

Publisher’s note: This article has been updated to correct the location this incident occurred. It was at the intersection of East Poplar and South 5th streets, not West Poplar as previously reported. The GRIP regrets any confusion this may have caused.

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