Mass Shooting at Georgia Block Party Leaves 2 Dead, 35 Injured
5th October 2026
More than 1,000 people were gathered as more than 50 shots were fired in at least two locations about a block apart in Vienna, Georgia, according to Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy.
Deputies were on patrol at a neighborhood block party around 1:25 a.m. when shots were fired on the 900 block of Pine Street, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. The sheriff’s office had requested the assistance of the GBI.
Two people were pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds. Most of the 35 injured victims suffered gunshot wounds, while several others were hit by cars or suffered other injuries as people fled the scene. The 35 injured victims were transported to hospitals for treatment.
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The victims killed in the shooting were identified as Jaquevion Jackson, 21, of Cordele, and Macaleb Jackson, 23, of Hawkinsville, the agency said.
Guess that ethnicity!
The incident happened over homecoming weekend for Dooly County High School.
Dooly County High School student body is about two-thirds black.
Vienna Mayor Eddie Daniels said the city had not issued any kind of permit for the block party, and he did not know if it was a homecoming party.
Permit!? We don’t need no stinkin’ permit! (Ponder the assumption that you have to have a permit to have a ‘block party’.)