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Man shot near Georgia Gwinnett College: Police

According to the Lawrenceville Police Department, a 35-year-old was hurt and is in treatment.

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Police are investigating a shooting where one person was hurt in a neighborhood near Georgia Gwinnett College on Tuesday morning. 

According to the Lawrenceville Police Department, a 35-year-old was hurt and is in treatment. Details about what led up to the shooting, when police were called and where exactly it happened were not released. 

Students and staff at Georiga Gwinnett were on a soft lockdown while police were in the area. The school posted on X, formally known as Twitter, said the campus is back open later in the morning. 

Georgia Gwinnett added that the shooting happened in the Charter Club neighborhood, which, according to Google Maps, is about half of a mile from the campus. College officials said the suspects did not enter the main campus. 

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