Hart County Woman Shot Thursday Evening

A Hart County man has turned himself to the Hart County Sheriff’s office in connection with a shooting Thursday night.

Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland tells WNEG sister station WLHR at about 10:30p Thursday evening his office received a call that a woman had been shot.

When deputies arrived at the residence on Fleming Road they found a woman lying on the floor who had been shot three times.

Cleveland said deputies conducted a search of the residence but did not find the assailant.

The suspect, identified as 42-year old Maurice Lamar McCord, turned himself in to Sheriff Cleveland and Chief Deputy Tommy Whitmire at the Hart County Sheirff’s office early this (Friday) morning.

No word on the charges McCord faces nor the condition of the woman who was shot. She has not been identified.

He is currently being held in the Hart County Detention Center.

WNEG News will continue to follow this story and bring you more information as it becomes available.