TIFTON – One man is dead and a teenager injured after a drive-by shooting along Belleview Circle, according to the Tifton Police Department.

A 43-year-old man and an 18-year-old, both Tifton residents, were shot. Alex Troy Knighton, 43, of Tifton was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon, adding the teenager was listed in stable condition Tuesday at Tift Regional Medical Center.

At 8:36 p.m. Monday, July 31, Tifton police officers responded to the 1700 block of Belleview Circle “in response to reports of gunshots and a person being shot,” police said. “Arriving at the scene, officers discovered that two males had been shot during a drive-by shooting.”

Tift County EMS took them to the Tift Regional Medical Center.

The Tifton Police Department has requested assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Sylvester field office.

The investigation is active and ongoing.

Police ask anyone with information about the case to contact the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Sylvester at (229) 777-2080 or the Tifton Police Department at (229) 382-3132. To submit an anonymous tip, use the Tifton PD Tip411 app, text TIFTONPD and and tip to 847411 or visit www.tifton.net, click tip411 and complete the online form.