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Police in Georgia searching for 15-year-old girl who left home and hasn't been seen since

Police in Georgia are asking for the public's help finding a missing 15-year-old girl.

Police in Georgia searching for 15-year-old girl who left home and hasn't been seen since

Police in Georgia are asking for the public's help finding a missing 15-year-old girl.

"IT'S REALLY DISCOURAGING THAT SHOOTINGS ARE STILL HAPPENING." RIGHT NOW ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS .. A SHOOTING... IN A BUSY FORSYTH PARK. POLICE SAY-- THPEE RSON BE- HIND IT-- WAS-- PUSHING-- A BABY-- IN- A --STROLLER. WHAT AUTHORITIES SAY HAPPENED... MO-MENTS-- BE- FORE--SHOTS RANG O. UT HUMAN REMAINS FOUND... DURING THE DESPERATE SEARCH FOR GABBY PETITO'S FIANCE... BRIAN LAUNDRIE. WHAT PETITO'S FAMILY HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT OVERNIGHT. THE-- SU-PPLY CHAIN CRISIS-- WORS-ENING. NOW-- IM- PACTING --YOUR -- HOL-I-D DINAYNER- GIFTS- AND-- TRAVE L. A--PO-TENTIAL - *SO-LUTION--... THIS MORNIN G. IT'S 6 O'CLOCK OYON UR THURSDAY MORNING. HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT RIVER STREET... IN DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH... THIS VIEW COMING FROM HUTCHINSON ISLAND. .. THANKS FOR STARTG IN YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NE. WS GOOD MORNING - - I'M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I'M ASHLEY GARRETT. WE NTWA TO GET RIGHT OVER TO METEOROLOGIST VICTORIA KOKINOS - - VICTORIA... THURSDAY PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 81. CALM WIND BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. THURSDAY NIG HT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 65. SOUTH WIND AROUND 6 MPH. FRIDAY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 11AM. MOSTLY SUN, NY WITH A HIGH NEAR 8 2. SOUTHWEST WIND 3 TO 8 MPH. FRIDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLEAR, WITH A L OW AROUND 60. SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND 6 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE EVENING. SATURDAY SUNNY, WITH HIGHWAY 80 AND I5 -9 RIGHT NOW... THE HUNT IS ON... FOR THE PERSON POLICE SAY *SHOT A MAN... WHILE PUSHING A BABY STROLLER. IT ALL-- UN- FOLDED LAST NIGHT-- AROUND SEVEN-30--... IN A BUSY FORSYTH PARK... IN DOWNTOWN SAVANNA H. SAVANNAH POLICE SAY A MAN AND A WOMAN WERE PUSHING A STROLLER WHEN THEY GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH ANOTHER MAN. POLICE SAY T--HAT'S WHEN ONE OFHE T TWO ... PUSHING THE STROLLER ... PULLED OUT A GU N. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE TWO RAN OFF... AND HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE. CITY LEADERS... INCLUDING POLICE CHIEF ROY MINTER... AND COUNCILMAN DETRIC LEGG-IT-- ARE CALLING THIS -- *A-NOTHER SENSE- LESS SHOOTING-- IN THE-- COMMUNITY. (ROY MINTER, SAVANNAH POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIE F) OUT HERE IN A MIDDLE OF A PARK WITH O ONEF THE PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN INLVVOED IN THIS INCIDENT PUSHING A BABY IN A BABY STROLLE R? THIS JUST MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO US." (DETRIC LEGGETT, DISTRICT 2 COUNCILMAN) "HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONOVS ER AND OVER AND OVER, BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? ARE WE GOING TO BE PROACTIVE OR A WE RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CATCH UP?" NEIGHBORS-- WE SPOKE WITH-- WHO WERE --CLOSE BY-- AT-- THE TIME... SAY- - IT'S REALLY-- - *DIS-COURAGING-- TO SEE--- VI- OLENCE LIKE THIS-- CONTINUE TO AGAIN.. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT ... OR *SUSPECTS IN THIS CASE. AS FAR AS THE PERSON WHO WAS SHOT... POLICE SAY HE'S SERIOUSLY HURT. ALRIGHT ASHLEY... POLICE IN THIS CASE... LOOKING FOR *ANY INFORMATION... PEOPLE MAY HAVE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW... A BIG DISCOVERY IN THE SEARCH FOR BRIAN LAUNDRIE. HUMAN REMAINS ... FOU ND BY THE F- B-I ... NEAR A TRA IL THAT LAUNDRIE WAS KNOWN TO FREQUENT. THIS MORNING. .. OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO - *IDENTIFY THOSE REMAI. NS OVERNIGHT... THE PETITO FAMILY ATTORNEY SAYING... THE PROBABILITY IS STRONG... THEY BELONG TO LAUNDRIE. ABC'S MEGAN TEVRIZIAN HAS THE VERY LATEST THIS MORNING... ON THE NEW DISCOVERY IN NORTH PORT FLORIDA. THIS MORNING - NEW QUESTIONS IN THE GABBY PETITO CASE .. JUST HOURS AFTER THE F-B-I FOUND APPARENT HUMAN REMAINS IN THE SEARCH FOR PETITO'S FIANCE, BRIAN LAUNDRIE. SOT -- MICHAEL MCPHERSON / FBI AGENT IN CHARGE "INVESTIGATORS FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE HUM AN REMAINS, ALONG WITH PERSONAL ITEMS SUCH AS BACKPACK AND NOTEBOOK BELONGING TO BRIAN LAUNDRIE ." THE DISCOVERY MADE IN THIS FLORIDA NATURE PRESERVE - AFTER LAUNDRIE'S PARENTS - CHRIS AND ROBERTA - CALLED POLICE TUESDAY NIGHT - SAYING THEY WANTED TO JOIN THE SEARCH IN THE MORNING. SOT -- STEVE BERTOLINO // LAUNDRIE FAMILY'S ATTORNEY "CHRIS AND ROBERTA HAD INFORMED ME LAST NIGHT THAT THEY WANTED TO GO TO THE RESERVE TODAY JUST TO LOOK AROUND AND I NOTIFIED THE NORTH PORT POLICE WHO I BELIEVNOE TIFIED THE FBI AND THEY MET THEM THERE THIS MORNING AT 7AM." THE NATURE PRESERVE HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF THE MONTH- LONG SEARCH FOR LAUNDRIE - BUT THE AREA WHERE THE APPARENT RAIEMNS WERE FOUND *HAD* BEEN UNDERWATER UNTIL RECENTLY. SOT -- STEVE BERTOLINO // LAUNDRIE FAMILY'S ATTORNEY "AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE PARENTS ARE VERY DISTRAUGHT. LIKE EVERYONE ELSE THEY ARE GOING TO AWA IT THE RESULTS OF THE FORENSIC INVESTIGATION BEFORE MAKING ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ." LAUNDRIE'S PARENTS HAVE SAID BRIAN OFTEN HIKED IN THAT AREA - BUT THIS LATEST DEVELOPMENT.. HAS SOME EXPERTS ONCE AGAIN QUESTIONING HIS PARENTS' COOPERATION IN THE INVESTIGATION: SOT - ROBERT BOYCE // ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR / FORMER NYPD CHIEF OF DETECTIVES "THERE'S JUST TOO MANY STRANGE TURNS THAT CHRIS AND ROBERTA LAUNDRIE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, TO NOT BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING IS AMISS HE" RE LAUNDRIE WAS NAMED A PERN SO OF INTEREST IN PETITO'S DISAPPEARANCE.. AFTER THE COUPLE WENT ON A CROSS- COUNTRY ROADRI TP? AND HE RETURNED HOME TO FLORIDA WITHOUT HE R. HER BODY - LATER FOUND IN WYOMING. THE CORONER RULING SHE HAD BEEN STRANGLED. LAUNDRIE'S PARENTS REPORTED BRIAN MISSINGN O SEPTEMBER 17TH - AFTER THEY SAY HE WENT FOR A HIKE. TAG: GABBY PETITO'S PARENTS HAVE SAID THEY NEVER YOU CAN SEE MORE ON THIS STORY ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA. ITS STARTS RIGHT AFTER OUR SHOW AT 7. RIGHT NOW ... INVESTIGATORS AR NE HOUSTON TEXAS... ARE TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER... WHAT MADA E PLANE CRASH ... AND BURST INTO FLAMES ... BEFORE EVER LEAVING THE GRND. OU WE TOLD YOU YESTERDAY... MIRACULOUSLY... ALL 21 PEOPLE ON BOARD... MADE IT OUT ALIVE. POLICE SAY TUESDAY... THE PLANE MOVED OFF THE RUNWAY ABOUT FIVE- HUNDRED FEET BEFORE IT CRASHED INTO A FENC E. THIS MORNING... VACCINE MAATNDE WALKOUT. EMPLOYEES AT A EENVGRILLE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ELECTRIC PLANT. .. ARE EXPECTED TO WALK OUT.... BECAUSE OF THE COMPANY'S VACCINE MANDATE. 2:17 "A LOT OF PEOPLE'S GONNA LEAVE TOMORROW... ...WE'RE BEING TOLD WE HAVE TO." 2:4 IN RESPONSE TO THE PLANNED WALKOUT... G-E SAYS - QUOTE - "ALL G-E U- S EMPLOYEES WILL BE FULLY VACCINATED... OR RECEIVE A MEDICAL OR RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION.... BY DECEMBER 8TH AS REQUIRED IN THE ORDER." SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERN OR HENRY MCMASTER HAS SAID... THE STATE WILL **NOT STOP** BUSINESSES FROM MANDATG IN COVID VACCINES.. SAYING THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO . SO NEW DETAILS IN T HE SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS. WE'RE SEEING REAL-TIME IMPACTS IN BOTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. AND THIS MORNING - WEE 'R LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW IT WILL IMPACT YOUR HOLIDAY PLANS. NOT JUST CHRISTMAS--BUT THANKSGIVING TOO! FIRST--LET'S TALK TURKEY. WE CAN BE THANKFUL THE BIRDS WON'T BE IN SHORT SUPPLY THIS THANKSGIVING - BUT THEY MAY COST A LITTLE MORE - AND YOU MAY HAVTO E PLAN AHEAD TO GET ON E. WE'RE HEARING FROM A TURKEY FARM IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. WORKERS AT WHITE OAK PASTURES SAY THEY USUALLY SELL OUT BY THANKSGIVING EACHEA Y R. BUT THIS YEAR-- THAT WILL HAPPEN EVEN EARLIER. THE MARKETING DIRECR TO SAYS THE BEST TIME TO BUY-- IS NOW. SOT JENNI HARRIS / DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, WHITE OAK PASTURES WE'RE CURRENTLY SELLING VOUCHERS. CONSUMERS CAN RESERVE A BIRD, WHICH WILL THEN THEY'LL BE CALLED IN EARLY NOVEMBER TO REDEEM THEIR PURCSE HA ANOTHER OPTION IS TO TELL THE FARMER YOU'RE OKAY WITH HAVING THE TURKEY SHIPD PE EARLY--AS SOON AS THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER. IN SOUTH CAROLINA... TOY STORES IN THE UPSTATE ARE PREPARINFOG R THE HOLIDAY SEASON. OWNERS SAY THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME MAKG IN ORDERS FOR CHRISTMAS ... EVEN THIS EARLY IN THE YEAR. THEY SAY DELAYS UP AND DOWN THEIR LOGISTICAL SUPPLY LINES MAY MEAN TH EY RUN OUT OF STOCK ON POPULAR ITEMS THE CLOSER THEY GET TO CHRISTMAS. THEIR ADVICE... BUY YOUR GIFTS NOW. THIS MORNING ... MEMBERS OF THE MILITY AR COULD BE STEPPING IN TO HE LP FIGHT THE SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS... NOW HAVING A MAJOR IMPACT ON OUR AREA. OFFICIALS FROM THE PT OR OF SAVANNAH TOLD US LAST WEEK...THEY D A HABACKLOG OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SHIP CONTAINERS. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PE BTEUTTIGIEG SAID YESTERDAY... HE'S NOT RULING OUT THE POSSIBITY LI OF EITHER EASING TARIFFS OR USING THE NATIONAL GUARD TO HELP UNLOAD CARGO. THESE ARFUE NDAMENTALLY PRIVATE SECTOR SYSTEMS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WAS NOT EXPECTING THE SPEED OF THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING. BUTTED THIS IS WHAT UNDERINVESTMENT LOOKS LIKE. THAT'S EXACTLYHY W WE HAVE BOTH THE LONG-TM ER STRATEGY, GETTING THIS HISTORIC INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT THROUGH INCLUDING $17 BILLION FOR OUR PORTS LATER TODAY... LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THE PASSING OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE BIL L. STARTING AT 7... RIGHT AFTER OUR SHOW... ON GD OO MORNING AMERICA... SUPPLY SHORTAGE *TI. SIMPLE WAYS YOU AND YR OU FAMILY CAN HELP EASE THE GLOBAL CRISIS. THIS MORNING... R AI FARE PRICE HIK E. THE C-E-O OF UNITED AIRLINES... WARNING... AS JET FUEL PRICES *SPIKE. .. THE AMOUNT YOU'LL PAY FOR A PLANE TICKET... WILL FOLL. OW AIRLINES ARE EXPECTING A SURGE IN BOOKINGS ... NOW THAT COVID RESTRICTIONS ARE LOOSENING ... AND MORE PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED. BUT... THE RISING DEMAND... COULD CAUSA E RISE IN FUEL PRICES. IN ORDER TO REMAIN PROFITABLE UNITED SAYS IT'LL *HAVE TO PASS THAT ON TO CUSTOMERS. THE AIRLINE SAYS... T HE FARE *STILL REMAINS CHEAP.... NOTING IT USUAY LLCOSTS MORE TO RENT A CAR... OR A HOTEL... THAN IT DOES TO BOOK A FLIGHT. RIGHT NOW... T HE ATLANTA BRAVES ARE JUST - *ONE *WIN *AWAY... FROM THE WORLD SERIES. THEY'RE HOPING - *TONIGHT'S N-L-C-S GAME... IS THEIR *LAST... AGAINST THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS. THIS... AFTER A *BIG WIN LAST NIGHT. OC: THIS ONE IS UP ANDUT! O THE BRAVES BEAT OUT THE DODGERS... NE INTO TWO... IN-A. L ATLANTA IS NOW LEADING THE BEST- OF-SEV EN SERIES... THREE TO ONE... MEANING... IF THEY WIN TONIGHT... THEY'RE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIE S. YOU'LL REMEMBER LAST YEAR... THE BRAVES LOST THIS *SAME N-L-C-S MATCHUP... AGAINST THE DODGERS... SO THEY
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Police in Georgia searching for 15-year-old girl who left home and hasn't been seen since

Police in Georgia are asking for the public's help finding a missing 15-year-old girl.

Above video: Your Thursday headlinesPolice in Georgia are asking for the public's help finding a missing 15-year-old girl.Jasmine Craft was last seen October 18 in Jonesboro, leaving her home without permission around 8:45 p.m.TRENDING STORIES:Authorities: Log truck crash shuts down Effingham County highwayShooting at Forsyth Park: Police in Savannah search for man, woman seen pushing baby strollerDowntown Savannah's District Live announces 8 new concerts into 2022Jasmine is described as 5 feet 2 inches, 136 lbs. with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a dark green Hollister shirt, gray shorts and a gray jacket. She has no known medical or mental health issues.Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of Jasmine Craft is asked to contact the Clayton County Police Department at (770) 477-3550.

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Police in Georgia are asking for the public's help finding a missing 15-year-old girl.

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Jasmine Craft was last seen October 18 in Jonesboro, leaving her home without permission around 8:45 p.m.

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Jasmine is described as 5 feet 2 inches, 136 lbs. with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a dark green Hollister shirt, gray shorts and a gray jacket. She has no known medical or mental health issues.

Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of Jasmine Craft is asked to contact the Clayton County Police Department at (770) 477-3550.

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