DPD Releases ID Of Homicide Victim

The Dalton Police Department is still investigating the Thursday morning shooting death of a Dalton man on Selvidge Street. On Friday, police released the identity of the victim, 62-year old Kenneth Ray Townsend.

Police were called to Townsend’s apartment at 801 Selvidge Street at 2:51 am on Thursday morning with a report that a man had been shot. When officers arrived, they found Townsend suffering from gunshot wounds to his arm and chest. Townsend was taken by ambulance to Hamilton Medical Center where he died shortly after.

The shooting is still under investigation and there have been no arrests. Anyone with information on this shooting is asked to contact Detective Jason Robinson at 706-278-9085, extension 9-180.  

At right: Crime scene tape ropes off an area adjacent to the apartments at 801 Selvidge Street where the shooting happened Thursday