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The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in Georgia.
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 8 – Three teenagers and an adult are injured in a drive-by shooting while playing basketball near Driskell Park.[1]
- January 12 – A significant tornado outbreak impacted the Southeastern United States, with fourteen forming in Georgia alone.[2] Due to this outbreak, hundreds of trees were uprooted or snapped in the state.[3] As a result, the outbreak produced one fatality in Butts County, which occurred when a a 5-year-old was crushed by an uprooted tree.[4]
- January 18 – Venezuelan environmental activist and eco-anarchist Manuel Esteban Paez Terán is fatally shot by Georgia State Patrol Troopers, after one of the latter was wounded during a raid of the Stop Cop City encampment earlier that day.[5]
February
[edit]March
[edit]April
[edit]May
[edit]- May 3 – 24-year-old Deion Patterson shoots five people at a Northside Hospital facility in Midtown Atlanta, killing one and critically injuring three more before fleeing the scene.[6]
June
[edit]July
[edit]August
[edit]- August 14 – Former President of the United States Donald Trump is indicted by a grand jury in Atlanta for 13 criminal charges, which included violating the state's RICO act, soliciting a public officer to violate their oath, conspiring to impersonate a public officer, conspiring to commit forgery in the first degree, and conspiring to file false documents.[7]
- August 31 – Hurricane Idalia enters Southeastern Georgia as a high-end tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph (115 km/h).[8] As a result, one fatality occurred in Valdosta when a man was killed by a fallen tree while helping two sheriff's deputies clear debris from a road.[9] Elsewhere, in Bulloch County, flooding caused by Idalia severely impacted four county roads, with damage estimated at $360,080.[10]
September
[edit]- September 25 – The Art Institute of Atlanta publicly announces the closure of all of their remaining campuses, one of which was in Georgia, due to low enrollment since the COVID-19 pandemic began.[11]
October
[edit]- October 1 – Peachtree Sports Network is launched on WPCH-TV, focusing on local sports programming.[12]
- October 16 – Leonard Cure, a 53-year-old African-American man, is fatally shot during a physical struggle by a sherrif's deputy in Camden County, after being pulled over for speeding.[13]
November
[edit]December
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "4 injured in shooting at Albany basketball court". WALB. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ January 12, 2023 Tornado Outbreak (Report). National Weather Service. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ Nord, Melissa (12 January 2024). "1 year ago, the tornado damage in Spalding County left meteorologists puzzled. The discovery they found". 11Alive. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Richard, Lawrence (13 January 2023). "Tornado damage: 5-year-old confirmed dead in Georgia as severe weather threatens the Southeast". Fox News. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Rico, R.J. (29 January 2023). "Protesters question circumstances surrounding 'Stop Cop City' activist's death". PBS News. Associated Press. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Darnell, Tim; Polansky, Rachel (3 May 2023). "Who is Deion Patterson, charged in Midtown Atlanta's mass shooting?". Atlanta News First. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Bailey, Holly; Gardner, Amy (August 14, 2023). "Trump charged in Georgia 2020 election probe, his fourth indictment". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 15, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
- ^ Berg, Robbie (August 31, 2023). Tropical Storm Idalia Discussion 17 (Report). Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ Bynum, Ross (August 30, 2023). "Man clearing road is killed by a falling tree in Georgia". AP News. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ Hackle, Al (2023-09-08). "Idalia flooding aftermath: Four Bulloch County roads still closed; others' temp repairs to be reworked". Statesboro Herald. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ^ Small, Zachary (25 September 2023). "Sudden Closure of Art Institutes Leaves 1,700 Students Adrift". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Osborne, Hannah (5 October 2023). "Minor league and high school sports to be covered on Gray television's newest sports network". Georgia Association of Broadcasters. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Drenon, Brandon (17 October 2023). "Exonerated man shot and killed in traffic stop in Georgia". BBC News. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
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