The 30-year-old Temple man who was shot while driving on Morgan Road in Haralson County last Friday died in hospital Wednesday, according to the Haralson County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators say it appears that Christopher Hetling was driving a vehicle that had just come off Corinth-Poseyville Road, when he and his passenger came up on a white older model Jeep parked in the street. A white male identified as 26-year-old Christian Taylor Davis of Temple was standing next to it. Hetling attempted to go around Davis. As he did, Davis allegedly fired at least one shot into the vehicle, which struck Hetling near his spine.
The Haralson County Sheriff’s Office has an issued a warrant for the arrest of a man they believe shot another man Friday afternoon
According to HCSO Lieutenant Donnie Mapp: Mid-day Friday, deputies responded to a call of a crashed vehicle with injuries off Morgan Road, just west of Corinth-Poseyville Road. They soon learned the cause of the crash was the driver had been shot.
Investigators believe that as the victim’s vehicle had come off Corinth-Poseyville Road, a white older model Jeep was parked in the street and a white male was standing next to it. The driver of the vehicle attempted to go around the man in the road. As he did, the man in the road fired at least one shot into the vehicle, striking the victim.
Haralson County Sheriff Stacy Williams said the call came to authorities around 3:14pm Friday.
“ The passenger of the wrecked vehicle told deputies that when they had come off Corinth-Poseyville Road, a white SUV which we later determined was an older model Jeep was parked in the road and a white male was standing in their traveling lane,” Williams told WLBB Radio. “The driver of the vehicle attempted to drive around the man in the road. As he did, the man in the road fired one shot into the vehicle, striking our victim.”
Williams said surveillance video in the area and an additional witness have provided supplementary information in the preliminary investigation.