DAWSON, GA -- 
 
 UPDATE: 
 
 
 
 The GBI released a statement about the investigation where the Dawson Mayor was shot on Thursday evening. 
 
 "On Thursday nigh, October 31st, the Dawson Police Department and Terrell County EMS were notified of a shooting on Crawford Street. Officers responded and learned that the victim was Christopher Wright, the Mayor of the City of Dawson. Wright was transported to a local hospital and is being treated. 
 
 
 
 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Field Office in Sylvester has been requested to conduct the investigation into the shooting of Mayor Wright. Anyone that has information about the shooting is encouraged to contact the Dawson Police Department at 229-995-4414, GBI Sylvester at 229-777-2080 or 404-244-2600, which is a 24-hour contact number for GBI Sylvester." 
 
 
 
 ORIGINAL STORY: 
 
 
 
 The Mayor of Dawson, Christopher Wright was shot multiple times late Thursday evening. 
 
 
 
 The Dawson Police Department, EMS and the Georgia Bureau of Investigations were sent to the 500 block of Crawford Avenue in reference to a shooting. 
 
 
 
 At this time we know the 23-year-old Mayor was taken to Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and we're awaiting word of his condition. 
 
 
 
 Witnesses say that Wright was outside of his house when an attempted armed robbery took place. 
 
 
 
 Jessae Goshae, a friend of Wright, tells FOX 31 that Wright was shot multiple times in the leg but is in stable condition and awaiting surgery. 
 
 
 
 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Dawson Police Department are still on scene investigating. 
 
 
 
 Stay connected to MySouthWestGA.com as stories develop and the FOX 31 Newscast at 10 PM. Visit us on Facebook and Twitter to join in on the conversation and connect with FOX 31! ||||| A Halloween night shooting of a young mayor has Georgia Bureau of Investigation looking into the case. 
 
 
 
 Authorities say that Dawson Mayor Chris Wright was shot several times late Thursday night. 
 
 
 
 It happened in Terrell County on the 500 block of Crawford Street in Dawson, at the home of Mayor Wright. 
 
 
 
 A neighbor told WALB she was watching TV when she heard a loud noise down the street, and that it sounded like a firecracker. That noise was later confirmed to be gunshots. 
 
 
 
 Mayor Wright was taken to Phoebe Putney hospital in Albany. Mayor Wright's aunt, Ann Smalls, says that Wright's mother was also injured. She said Wrights mother was tied up during the ordeal. 
 
 
 
 "We are very upset, we are very hurt that such an innocent person can be done like this, said Smalls. 
 
 
 
 "I'm sorry. I feel sorry for the family, I love y'all very much and we're praying for you," a neighbor of Mayor Wright said. 
 
 Authorities say they have not yet named any suspects in the case. 
 
 Anyone that has information about the shooting is encouraged to contact the Dawson Police Department at (229) 995-4414, GBI Sylvester at (229) 777-2080 or (404) 244-2600, which is a 24 hour contact number for GBI Sylvester. 
 
 Copyright 2013 WALB. All rights reserved. ||||| (CNN) -- The mayor of a southern Georgia city was shot in his home Thursday night and is being treated at a hospital, the city manager told CNN Friday. 
 
 The shooting of Dawson Mayor Chris Wright is under investigation and no arrests have been made, Dawson City Manager Barney Parnacott said. No one else was injured in the shooting, Parnacott said. 
 
 Dawson, with a population of about 4,500, is about 140 miles south of Atlanta. 
 
 CNN's Amanda Watts contributed to this report.
– The young mayor of Dawson, Georgia, was shot multiple times last night in an apparent home robbery, though reports differ as to his current condition. The shooting occurred sometime before midnight at Chris Wright's family home, where WFXL reports Wright, 23, was shot in the leg. Wright's mother, who was tied up in the incident, was also injured. A neighbor tells WALB she was watching TV when she heard what sounded like a firecracker down the street. "We are very upset, we are very hurt that such an innocent person can be done like this," Wright's aunt said. No suspects have been named. CNN notes that Dawson, population 4,500, sits about 140 miles south of Atlanta.