GBI looking for suspect in Tifton murder

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TIFTON — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is asking southwest Georgians to be on the lookout for Damarion Dunn, 17, who is wanted for murder in Tift County.

Dunn, who was last known to be in the Albany area, is wanted for a murder that took place at 1709 Bellview Ave. in Tifton. The suspect, who also is frequently seen in Tifton and Ashburn, also is wanted for two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of criminal damage to property.

Anyone with information as to Dunn’s whereabouts is urged to call the GBI’s Sylvester office at (229) 777-2080 or the Tifton Police Department at (229) 382-3132. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

The suspect is considered armed and dangerous.

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Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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