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Authorities investigating shooting death in Flowery Branch
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Authorities found Rico Bledson dead at this Flowery Branch residence Saturday night.
Times staff reports
Updated: Aug 8, 2016, 12:49 AM
Published: Aug 7, 2016, 12:59 PM
A 39-year-old lifelong Hall County resident was found shot to death Saturday night at a Flowery Branch house. Ricko Bledson was lying on the front porch of the house with a single gunshot wound to his chest near his shoulder when Flowery Branch Police found him Saturday night, Chief David Spillers said Sunday. Bledson died later at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.
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PHOTOS: Hundreds rally in Gainesville in 'Hands Off' protest against Trump, Musk
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Hundreds turn out to the square in downtown Gainesville Saturday, April 5, 2025, to take part in the "Hands Off " protest of the Trump administration. The protest was part of a national mass activation day against the administration.

by Scott Rogers
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