A fair employee is facing charges after police said he pulled out a handgun and rifle and began shooting while searching for someone in the RV section of the Georgia Carolina State Fair on Monday evening. Sean Antonio Nelson, 39, of Huntsville, Ala., was booked into the Richmond County jail on charges of pointing or aiming a firearm at another, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, terroristic threats and acts, and false imprisonment. read more

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