On the evening of May 17, 2018, Paul David Archer, 57, of Cartersville, Georgia, was fatally shot outside a residence on Franklin Drive. Deputies and emergency personnel found Archer deceased at the scene; another man who had been injured fled but was found shortly afterward and taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Investigators from the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office arrested a suspect within hours in neighboring Floyd County. The arrested man was 27-year-old Justin Lee Wade of Rome, Georgia, who was identified as the nephew of the injured man. Archer was reportedly a neighbor who had been visiting the injured man when the shooting occurred. Wade was booked into the Bartow County Jail and charged with murder and aggravated assault. The motive has not been released as the investigation remained active.

Did anyone in the Cartersville or Franklin Drive area have contacts or observations that could shed light on what led to this shooting?