EARLY COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) — Multiple law enforcement agencies stormed a Blakely apartment complex in search of evidence from a recent aggravated assault.

Police Chief Gregory Elder said his officers, along with the Early County Sheriff’s Office, Albany-Dougherty County Special Investigations Unit, U.S. Marshals, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and Georgia State Patrol, served search warrants at multiple homes at Tanglewood Apartments off E. Liberty Street on Friday, Oct. 23.

Chief Elder said law enforcement was working to gather evidence in a “recent gang-related aggravated assault” at the complex.

WALB has reached out for more information about the investigation and will update this story as we learn more.

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