CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — An attorney who had a stroke and couldn’t make it to court is speaking only to Channel 2 Action News about the tongue-lashing he got from the judge. Matt Tucker is representing Hannah Payne, who is accused of shooting and killing 62-year-old Kenneth Herring while she was trying to make a … Read more
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A west Georgia family is desperate to find a puppy they say was stolen from them while at a dog show in Gwinnett County over the weekend. The Harris County family breeds dogs, but planned to keep 10-week-old Gremlin, a French Bulldog, because their son had grown attached. Anna Stanford, who … Read more
GORDON COUNTY, Ga. — A 6-year-old Georgia boy was killed after he found a gun at his apartment complex and accidentally shot himself in the head, police said. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Calhoun Police said they responded to reports of someone shot on Neal Street in Gordon County around … Read more
ATLANTA — A man has died after police say he was pinned in a parking garage in midtown Atlanta. Police received a call just before midnight to a parking garage off Peachtree Street near Colony Square about an auto accident. When police arrived, they found a man inside of a pickup truck at the ticket … Read more
HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies say the burned and naked remains of an Athens woman were found in Habersham County after she reportedly sent thousands in cash to her daughter and told her that “they won’t let me go.” [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Channel 2′s Audrey Washington was in … Read more
ATLANTA — Atlanta police are searching for a man they say broke into an Atlanta couple’s home and stole more than $150,000 of their property. Surveillance video shows the shirtless man hop over the back fence to the home on Cedar Chase Drive. Video shows him proceed to look into the house from the back … Read more
FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. — Police have charged a 14-year-old with arson one week after police say someone intentionally set a fire inside a metro Walmart. Peachtree City Fire Department Chief Wilbur Harbin said the fire broke out inside the store on Highway 54 just after 7 p.m. last Wednesday. Channel 2 Action News was live … Read more
ATLANTA — Six children with special needs on a school bus in southwest Atlanta are OK after a large tree fell and landed on top of the bus. District officials say the tree fell on the school bus as it drove down Beecher Circle SW just before 7:30 a.m. The bus was taking the students … Read more
Sandy Springs police investigating after burglars break into Mariah’s Carey’s metro Atlanta home SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs police confirm to Channel 2 Action News that they are investigating a break-in at superstar Mariah Carey’s home. Last month, Channel 2 investigative reporter Mark Winne was the first to report about police investigating gangs targeting … Read more
ATLANTA — It’s a diagnosis a 28-year-old Georgia resident, who didn’t want to be identified, says he’s still wrapping his head around. “I couldn’t believe I got it,” he said. He spoke to Channel 2’s Ashli Lincoln exclusively through Zoom after being diagnosed with the monkeypox virus by doctors at Emory. “Now I’m here, and … Read more