On a spring afternoon in Hartwell, Georgia, the life of 18-year-old Hunter Samuel Arlyn Grizzell was cut tragically short. On Thursday, April 23, 2020, emergency services were dispatched to a home on Cokesbury Highway in response to a shooting. Upon arrival, they found Grizzell had succumbed to a single gunshot wound to the head.
According to the Hart County Sheriff, the incident was a heartbreaking accident. Grizzell, who had been residing at the Cokesbury Highway address, was reportedly struggling to remove the magazine clip from his pistol when the firearm discharged. A juvenile who was present at the scene corroborated this sequence of events to investigators, stating that the gun fired while Grizzell was attempting to get the clip out. The teenager, a former student of Athens Technical College, was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was subsequently sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab for an autopsy.
Hunter, who was originally from Elberton, was remembered by his family as a kind-hearted individual who loved everyone, always stood up for others, and had no enemies. He had a passion for mechanical work and would often help his friends by repairing their cars. He also enjoyed outdoor activities like hunting and fishing. The death was investigated as an accidental shooting, and no arrests were made in connection with the incident.
