Police are asking witnesses to come forward as they continue to investigate a Friday afternoon double shooting on Savannah’s east side.
Officers arrived on the 1100 block of East 59th Street to find one victim in the yard and a second who had been pulled into the house after the noon shooting, said Julian Miller, Savannah-Chatham police spokesman. A 21-year-old man, who lives in the house, and a 28-year-old who was in the yard, were taken to a hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
A woman driving through the intersection of East 59th and Guatemala streets escaped injury when an errant shot struck her car, Miller said.
Police say both victims were well known to the department, and that they are investing other illegal activities they suspect contributed to the shooting.
“Clearly, behavior in the house and by participants led to endangerment of the entire neighborhood,” Police Chief Joseph Lumpkin said in a statement. “School is out, so children were playing on nearby lawns. Residents were in their yards and on their porches, and innocent potential victims were driving by.”
Lumpkin said dozens of people were at the scene when police got there.
“Many have not come forward to help solve this crime,” he said. “That’s what it will take to show perpetrators of these senseless shootings that this neighborhood is not going to stand for it.”
Anyone with information on the shooting in Edgemere-Sackville is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the keyword CSTOP2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.
A tip line open directly to investigators is also available at 912-525-3124 and most area clergy have agreed to serve as liaisons for anyone who would like to share information with police anonymously.