In the evening hours of an early autumn day in Fort Valley, Georgia, a burst of violence shattered the downtown calm, leaving a local family irrevocably broken. On Thursday, October 2, 2025, Willie Mangham III, a man in his late 40s, was fatally shot at an event center on East Main Street. The incident, which erupted following an altercation, also left two other men wounded, one of whom was Mangham's own son.
Emergency services were called to the scene around 7:00 p.m. in response to the
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