Man shot, killed during Hawkinsville feud

A man was shot and killed in Hawkinsville on Saturday afternoon by a man the authorities say had been feuding with him in recent days.

The victim, Vernard Porter, 28, of Hawkinsville, was pronounced dead at Taylor Regional Hospital. A suspect in the shooting, Dolton Harper, 36, was taken into custody at the scene of the 1:30 p.m. incident on Second Street.

As of Saturday evening, Harper had not been charged, officials said.

"They have been at odds with each other for at least a couple of weeks," Scott Whitley, special agent in charge of the GBI's Eastman office, said.

It wasn't immediately clear what the pair had been arguing about.

This story was originally published January 13, 2018 at 7:09 PM with the headline "Man shot, killed during Hawkinsville feud."