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Sheriff's Deputies Investigate Shooting in Fayette County

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MINDEN -

One person was shot and another injured after a home invasion robbery in Minden.

Sheriff's deputies tell 59News it happened around 1:04 a.m. 

Three men entered a home in Minden, armed with handguns.

They shot one person, Jo-Rail Giddings of Detroit, and pistol whipped another, Christopher Jackson, also of Detroit.

Giddings was taken to Plateau Medical Center and then to Charleston Area Medical Center for treatment.

Jackson was treated and released for injuries to his head.

The suspects stole money and cell phones from the people in the home.

Right now deputies are looking for three black men. They were wearing ski masks at the time of the home invasion.

One suspect is described as tall and skinny with lighter skin.

The second is short and chubby and there is no description right now for the third suspect.

If you have any information, you're asked to call the Fayette County sheriff's department.