BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (WALB) – Bainbridge Public Safety (BPS) is actively searching for the suspect in a shooting that put two Decatur County schools on lockdown this morning.

According to BPS Director Frank Green, there was a domestic dispute that resulted in the shooting of a woman. BPS has named Dontavious Hicks as a suspect in this incident.

Hicks is said to have fired through the door and hit the woman in the arm. She is now in hospital with non-life threatening injuries and officers are still searching for Hicks.

Decatur County Schools are no longer on a light lockdown as BPS believes the suspect is not in the school zone.

Hicks’ last known address is in the 900 block of S Washington St, Bainbridge.

If you have information on Hicks’ whereabouts, please call BPS at (229) 248-2038.

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