Phoebe: COVID-19 hospitalizations dropping rapidly Phoebe health system’s top official said COVID-19 hospitalizations “continue to drop rapidly.” (Source: PPMH) By WALB News Team | February 19, 2021 at 12:23 PM EST - Updated February 19 at 12:57 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Phoebe Health System’s top official said COVID-19 hospitalizations “continue to drop rapidly.”
Scott Steiner, Phoebe Putney Health System CEO and president, said system-wide, the hospital system had an average of five new COVID admissions a day over the last week.
“That is less than half the daily average we experienced throughout the month of January,” Steiner said. “Even as our admissions go down, the virus continues to take the lives of more patients. An increase in deaths generally lags several weeks behind an increase in hospitalizations, and unfortunately, we lost nine patients in the last week.”
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.
As the Americus Police Department (APD) continues its investigations into four shootings that happened between Sunday and Tuesday, another shooting occurred Tuesday afternoon, according to a press release.
Americus PD investigates 4 shooting cases Shooting (Source: WALB) By Dave Miller | February 16, 2021 at 11:06 AM EST - Updated February 16 at 11:39 AM
AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - The Americus Police Department is investigating a series of shooting incidents that occurred between Sunday and Tuesday, Chief Mark Scott said Tuesday.
Just before midnight on Sunday, officers responded to a home in the 100 block of Cherokee where shots had been fired into an apartment. Bullets hit a 15-year-old boy twice. He is currently hospitalized in stable condition, according to Scott. Americus Police Chief Mark Scott (Source: WALB)
On Monday, around 11 p.m. officers responded to shots fired at a residence in the 300 block of Bessie Mays Circle. Multiple shots were fired into the apartment, hitting two females, 28 and 20. Both victims were taken to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center where they were treated.
Americus police want to know who shot teen (Source: WALB) By Dave Miller | February 15, 2021 at 9:19 AM EST - Updated February 15 at 9:34 AM
AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - About midnight Sunday, February 14, officers of the Americus Police Department responded to a reported shooting in the 100 block of Cherokee Street.
When they arrived, they saw that 15-year-old male was suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body and arm area.
The victim was transported by EMS to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center for treatment. He was later transported to Macon for further treatment and his condition is unknown at this time.
This is an active investigation and the Americus Police Department is asking anyone with information to contact the Criminal Investigation Division at 924-4550 or call 911 at 229-937-9011.