Police: 1 dead, 1 injured following Savannah shooting; 2 suspects taken into custody (2024)

RELEASED HIS NAME AT THIS TIME. THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IS NOW INVESTIGATING. RIGHT NOW - LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN SAVANNAH ARE INVESTIGATING AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT SHOOTINGS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. THE LATEST SHOOTING HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AND LEFT TWO PEOPLE WOUNDED. WJCL 22 NEWS SAVANNAH YOUNGER IS JOINING US LIVE FROM THE AREA OF THE MOST RECENT SHOOTING. SAVANNAH. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON BREWER STREET ... AT THE APARTMENTS BEHIND POPEYES. SPD BELIEVES THERE WERE MULTIPLE SHOOTERS HERE AT PLAY. SPD RESPONDED TO A SHOTS FIRED CALL HERE AROUND 7:45 TONIGHT. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND TWO PEOPLE SHOT. ONE MAN WE'RE TOLD BETWEEN 18 AND 20 YEARS OLD WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES, WITH LIFE- THREATENING INJURIES. A TEEN GIRL WAS SHOT IN THE FOOT. BOTH WERE TAKEN TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. WE'RE STILL WORKING TO LEARN THE EXACT NUMBER OF SHOOTERS AND THE CONDITION OF BOTH VICTIMS. SPD TELLS ME IT'S GOING TO RELEASE MORE DETAILS TOMORROW. BACK TO YOU ANOTHER SHOOTING HAPPENED EARLIER LAST NIGHT ON GWINNETT AND MAGAZINE STREET. THAT'S ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM THE DOUBLE SHOOTING. POLICE SAY NO ONE WAS HURT. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER SHOOTING NEAR THE GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY ON LATHROP AVENUE. CHATHAM COUNTY POLICE RESPONDED... AND FOUND A WOMAN WHO WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A

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Police: 1 dead, 1 injured following Savannah shooting; 2 suspects taken into custody

Savannah Police have made two arrests in a deadly shooting Tuesday night.

Update Thursday 2:37 p.m.: Police have arrested a second suspect in the case. Travon Shellman, 19, is charged with one count of felony murder and one count of aggravated assault.Update 5:33 p.m.: The Chatham County Coroner's Office has identified the victim as Kewan Graham, 20. Update 11 a.m.: Savannah Police now say one of the victims has died from their injuries.According to information released Wednesday morning by SPD, the male victim died at the hospital. His identity has not been released.A suspect, Zymael Richardson, 19, was taken into custody, charged with aggravated assault and murder.The investigation is ongoing.Initial report:A shooting in Savannah sent a man and a teenage girl to Memorial Health Medical Center Tuesday night. Savannah Police said the shooting happened around 7:45 p.m. in the 600 block of Brewer Street, which is near Herbert Kayton Homes public housing. Police said the man is in critical condition after being shot multiple times. The teenager was shot in the foot. Both victims have been taken to the hospital. WJCL 22 News crew at the crime scene reports seeing more than a dozen patrol cars on the scene. No arrests have been made. The motive is still unknown. Detectives are looking into the possibility of multiple gunmen involved.Savannah Police said another shooting happened earlier on nearby Gwinnett and Magazine streets. No one was injured and investigators don't know if the two crimes are connected. A third shooting, just outside the city limits near the Port of Savannah, sent a woman to the hospital.TRENDING STORIESPerson in-custody dies at Chatham County jailAuthorities: Driver speeds off from traffic stop on Hilton Head Island before crashing into treeImpact Day: Another very hot day with Heat Advisory for Coastal Georgia and Lowcountry

Update Thursday 2:37 p.m.: Police have arrested a second suspect in the case. Travon Shellman, 19, is charged with one count of felony murder and one count of aggravated assault.

Update 5:33 p.m.: The Chatham County Coroner's Office has identified the victim as Kewan Graham, 20.

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Update 11 a.m.: Savannah Police now say one of the victims has died from their injuries.

According to information released Wednesday morning by SPD, the male victim died at the hospital. His identity has not been released.

A suspect, Zymael Richardson, 19, was taken into custody, charged with aggravated assault and murder.

Police: 1 dead, 1 injured following Savannah shooting; 2 suspects taken into custody (1)

Chatham County Detention Center

The investigation is ongoing.

Initial report:

A shooting in Savannah sent a man and a teenage girl to Memorial Health Medical Center Tuesday night.

Savannah Police said the shooting happened around 7:45 p.m. in the 600 block of Brewer Street, which is near Herbert Kayton Homes public housing.

Police said the man is in critical condition after being shot multiple times. The teenager was shot in the foot. Both victims have been taken to the hospital. WJCL 22 News crew at the crime scene reports seeing more than a dozen patrol cars on the scene.

No arrests have been made. The motive is still unknown. Detectives are looking into the possibility of multiple gunmen involved.

Savannah Police said another shooting happened earlier on nearby Gwinnett and Magazine streets. No one was injured and investigators don't know if the two crimes are connected.

A third shooting, just outside the city limits near the Port of Savannah, sent a woman to the hospital.

TRENDING STORIES

  • Person in-custody dies at Chatham County jail
  • Authorities: Driver speeds off from traffic stop on Hilton Head Island before crashing into tree
  • Impact Day: Another very hot day with Heat Advisory for Coastal Georgia and Lowcountry
Police: 1 dead, 1 injured following Savannah shooting; 2 suspects taken into custody (2024)

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