GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Authorities say a spectator at a recreational soccer game was shot to death in a Hall County park, and a suspect was being questioned in the death.
The 46-year-old was shot repeatedly at close range around 5 p.m. Sunday at Tadmore Park on the county’s east side, The Times of Gainesville reported.
The spectator and the gunman were both watching the game when they had some type of confrontation, Hall County sheriff’s officials said in a statement. One of the men “quickly produced a handgun” and fired multiple times, sheriff’s officials said.
The park was crowded with people at the time and the shooting took place in front of other spectators, but no one else was injured, Hall County sheriff’s Sgt. Stephen Wilbanks said.
The suspect tried to leave the area but was stopped by two Hall County marshals who were working security, Wilbanks said.