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08/21/2026
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08/21/2026
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08/21/2026
UPDATE | Cherokee County investigators charged Shyanniah Ma’Ree Johnson, 21, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with aggravated assault under the Family Violence Act.
She’s accused of stabbing her 39-year-old mother at least 10 times outside the Chick-fil-A in Acworth, Georgia
Investigators say the two were traveling north to Wisconsin when an argument escalated after they pulled into the restaurant parking lot.
Johnson fled with two children and was later located in Whitfield County using ALPR data.
She remains hospitalized in Dalton with a leg injury. Her mother was treated at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital and released.
The two children are now in DFCS custody.
Additional charges are possible.
FLOCK HELPS TRACK DOWN SUSPECT, CHILDREN AFTER STABBING AT CHEROKEE COUNTY CHICK-FIL-A
📍Acworth, Georgia
License plate-reading cameras helped Cherokee County deputies track a woman and two children across North Georgia after authorities said a domestic dispute between a mother and daughter turned violent in the parking lot of a Chick-fil-A this afternoon.
Cherokee County sheriff’s deputies were called to the Chick-fil-A on Highway 92 near Interstate 75 around 2:30 p.m. for a stabbing.
Detectives said a mother and daughter were involved in a domestic dispute in the restaurant’s parking lot.
Both women suffered injuries during the altercation.
The mother ran inside the Chick-fil-A for help.
Acworth police officers who were already inside the restaurant assisted her until an ambulance arrived.
She was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. Authorities have not released the extent of her injuries.
The sheriff’s office said the daughter left the scene with two children in her vehicle and headed north on I- 75.
Deputies used automated license plate reader technology, commonly known as ALPR or Flock cameras, to track the vehicle’s travel north and relay that information to other law enforcement agencies across North Georgia.
Authorities eventually found the vehicle more than 50 miles away in Whitfield County.
The Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office said its deputies, Dalton police and the Georgia State Patrol conducted a felony traffic stop on North Thornton Avenue near Cleo Way.
Northbound lanes were temporarily shut down while authorities handled the stop. The roadway has since reopened.
The two children were found safe and were not hurt.
10:36PM UPDATE | It’s now believed the shooting happened at Pick “n” Pay. The victim, a 39-year-old man was found down the road at apartment complex.
The victim was shot multiple times.
Suspect went opposite direction down Chappell Road
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Atlanta Police have closed Joseph E Boone Boulevard following a shooting reported in the area of 1425 Joseph E Boone Boulevard. (10:01pm)
This is at the intersection of Chappell Road NW in Hunter Hills.
Officers are focusing on the parking lot of Pick “n” Pay down the street. I overheard officers say they were searching for shell casings in the parking lot.
Officers are also canvassing the yards of nearby homes along Chappell Road where it appears the suspect may have ran through after the shooting.
08/20/2026
WANTED | MACON WOMAN INDICTED ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING, RICO CHARGES INVOLVING 17-YEAR-OLD
📍Georgia
Law enforcement across the state are searching for a Macon woman accused of participating in a multi-cuonty human trafficking operation involving a 17-year-old girl who had been reported missing.
Kathleen Angel Lowery, 48, is wanted on an active arrest warrant after a Bibb County grand jury indicted her today on one count of violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and three counts of trafficking a person for s*xual servitude.
Lowery was indicted alongside Jimmy Lavont Mance, 40, of Thomson, and Shawanna Brown Mance, 47, of Augusta.
The charges are part of a larger investigation that resulted in eight people being indicted across Bibb, McDuffie and Richmond counties.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said the defendants are accused of conspiring to traffic the teenager across the state.
Investigators said the victim had previously been reported missing before law enforcement recovered her in December 2025.
The indictments allege members of the criminal enterprise took s*xually explicit photographs of the teenager, advertised her online, transported her for commercial s*x and made money from her exploitation.
Authorities believe the case is affiliated with the Gangster Disciples street gang. Several defendants also face gang-related charges.
The case was investigated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Thomson Regional Investigative Office and the attorney general’s Human Trafficking and Gang Prosecution units.
Several local, state and federal agencies assisted, including the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, Richmond County Sheriff's Office - Georgia, Columbia County Sheriff's Office - Appling, GA, McDuffie, Lincoln and Paulding County Sheriff’s Office along with the Thomson Police Department and United States Marshals Service.
Anyone with information about Lowery’s whereabouts is asked to call 911. Authorities cautioned the public against approaching her.
08/20/2026
8:47PM UPDATE | The interstate is back open
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⚠️TRAFFIC ALERT⚠️
A crash has closed I-20WB between the Riverside Parkway Exit ( ) to the Thornton Road Exit ( #44) in Cobb County Georgia.
The interstate will be closed for an extended period of time. All westbound traffic will be diverted at Riverside Parkway.
The scene outside the Chick-fil-A in Acworth, Georgia after a domestic dispute outside escalated and both women ended up being stabbed.
The mom ran inside to get help. Fortunately, a couple Acworth Police Officers were inside and applied a tourniquet. She’s expected to survive.
The daughter took off with two children who were captured about an hour later in Whitfield County.
She was arrested, and the kids are safe.
The restaurant is closed for the rest of the night.
08/20/2026
FLOCK HELPS TRACK DOWN SUSPECT, CHILDREN AFTER STABBING AT CHEROKEE COUNTY CHICK-FIL-A
📍Acworth, Georgia
License plate-reading cameras helped Cherokee County deputies track a woman and two children across North Georgia after authorities said a domestic dispute between a mother and daughter turned violent in the parking lot of a Chick-fil-A this afternoon.
Cherokee County sheriff’s deputies were called to the Chick-fil-A on Highway 92 near Interstate 75 around 2:30 p.m. for a stabbing.
Detectives said a mother and daughter were involved in a domestic dispute in the restaurant’s parking lot.
Both women suffered injuries during the altercation.
The mother ran inside the Chick-fil-A for help.
Acworth police officers who were already inside the restaurant assisted her until an ambulance arrived.
She was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. Authorities have not released the extent of her injuries.
The sheriff’s office said the daughter left the scene with two children in her vehicle and headed north on I- 75.
Deputies used automated license plate reader technology, commonly known as ALPR or Flock cameras, to track the vehicle’s travel north and relay that information to other law enforcement agencies across North Georgia.
Authorities eventually found the vehicle more than 50 miles away in Whitfield County.
The Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office said its deputies, Dalton police and the Georgia State Patrol conducted a felony traffic stop on North Thornton Avenue near Cleo Way.
Northbound lanes were temporarily shut down while authorities handled the stop. The roadway has since reopened.
The two children were found safe and were not hurt.
6:09PM UPDATE | Missing Coweta County woman found safe.
08/20/2026
6PM UPDATE | One lane opened up.
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⚠️TRAFFIC ALERT⚠️
I-85 Northbound just before Exit 13 is shut down due to a tractor trailer fire in Troup County Georgia
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