ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — A 19-year-old man was wounded and a Brunswick man was arrested following an early-morning shooting in the Pier Village area of St. Simons Island.
Glynn County police responded to reports of gunfire at approximately 12:54 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 23. Investigators determined that a physical altercation occurred before the shooting, according to a “department statement”
Within minutes of arriving, patrol officers contacted 25-year-old Sheldon Whorley of Brunswick. Police identified Whorley as the person accused of firing the weapon.
At approximately 4:30 a.m., officers learned that a 19-year-old man had arrived at the Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick Campus emergency room with a gunshot wound. His injury was described as non-life-threatening, and investigators believe it was connected to the earlier incident.
Whorley was arrested and booked into the Glynn County Detention Center on an aggravated assault charge. Police did not publicly identify the wounded man or release additional information about what led to the altercation.
Yolonda Harris
News Now Georgia
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