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Suspect in Chattooga County triple shooting captured

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UPDATE: The Chattooga County, Georgia, man at the center of a manhunt has been captured.

James Mauldin was taken into custody in Coweta County on Wednesday, according to a post from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. No further information about the circumstances of his arrest were immediately available.

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Original story: SUMMERVILLE, Ga. (AP) – Authorities are identifying the two people killed and one injured Tuesday at a northwest Georgia home, even as the suspected shooter was sighted in Alabama.

Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader tells local news outlets that 35-year-old Joe Edward Brown and his mother, 61-year-old Linda Mae Everett, were killed at the home in the Holland community. Schrader says 46-year-old Daryl Lee Marsh was shot and injured.

Steven James Mauldin is wanted for murder and car theft in the shooting.