1 dead, 1 in custody after double shooting in Cobb County

A Cobb County man was arrested early Sunday after a double shooting left one dead, according to police.

Courtney Rashun Woullard of Austell was charged with murder, two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, his arrest warrant states. Woullard is accused of shooting two people around 12:30 a.m. Sunday at a home on Linworth Boulevard near Austell, according to police.

“Said accused, while armed with a .45-caliber pistol, shot two people, which resulted in one person’s death,” the arrest warrant states.

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Jeffrey Moore, who was shot in the abdomen, died from his injuries, according to police. The other person, who was not identified in the arrest warrant, was shot in the torso and groin.

No information was released on a possible motive in the shooting.

Woullard was taken into custody at the shooting scene and later charged. He was booked into the Cobb jail, where he was being held without bond Monday.

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