Cartersville Police investigate Tuesday night shooting

April 27, 2022–10:17 a.m.

CARTERSVILLE POLICE

A Cartersville man has been arrested following a shooting on Tuesday.

Police respond to Cartersville Medical Center in reference to a man with gunshot wounds.

Officers learned Carson Smith was shot during a drug transaction in the parking lot of 366 Old Mill Road.

Cartersville Police Department investigators identified 26-year-old Martiese Jamon McCay as the shooter.

McCray was taken into custody in Kennesaw and charged with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

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