Cornelia Shooting Victim Identified

More details have been released in the shooting incident that occurred in Habersham County Tuesday morning.

After a manhunt, 56-year-old Tommy Savage was arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred at his residence on Garrison Road in Cornelia that left one person dead, and another injured. The deceased was identified as 32-year-old Jesse Robert Looney of Demorest.

Savage eluded authorities on a manhunt that lasted for nearly 6 hours before he was apprehended. Level Grove and South Habersham Middle Schools were placed on a soft lockdown due to the manhunt, but Superintendent of Habersham County schools, Matthew Cooper, says that students were not in any danger.