Gainesville shooting suspects missing after SWAT standoff

GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Hall County authorities have continued the search for two homicide suspects after a Gainesville shooting led to an hours-long SWAT standoff Tuesday morning. 

Deputies from the sheriff's office were called to investigate the shooting in the 1300 block of Brown Street near Old Athens Road around 10:25 a.m. 

When they got there, officials said 25-year-old Christopher Dixon of Gainesville was suffering from a gunshot to the chest. He later died from his injuries in the hospital.

Video from SKY FOX 5 showed deputies and SWAT officers securing the perimeter around the J building of Harrison Square Apartments. They were told two men who were thought to be the shooters barricaded themselves in a unit at the complex.

However, when they went inside the unit, they discovered the suspects weren’t there. 

A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said they believe this incident is isolated. They have not released names or any other information about the suspects.

If you know anything, give the Hall County Sheriff’s Office a call.