UPDATE: 1 in custody, 1 still wanted in Americus shooting
UPDATE: 1 in custody, 1 still wanted in Americus shooting By Dave Miller and Bobby Poitevint | February 17, 2021 at 9:27 AM EST - Updated February 18 at 12:05 AM
AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - One suspect in Tuesday’s Americus shooting is in custody, according to the police department.
Devonte Jamal Tucker, 26, was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon. He is being charged with seven counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
APD said it happened around 1:20 Tuesday afternoon in the area of Beale Street in Americus on a footpath between Bessie Mays Circle and Beale Street. A 20-year-old man was shot once in the leg and is being treated at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center.