***UPDATED at 11:46 A.M. on Friday, August 7th*** Columbia County, GA – We have now learned the name of one of the suspects in a Friday morning situation that caused all school in Columbia County to be locked down. Captain Steve Morris, of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, 18-year-old Jerimiah Hawkins, of Aiken, posted a series of Snapchats of a handgun being discharged from a vehicle. In other Snapchats, Hawkins stated he was in Augusta, the Lakeside High School parking lot, and in the cafeteria of Lakeside High School.
Capt. Morris says, no direct threats were made to any particular school, but out of an abundance of caution, all schools in Columbia County were placed on lock down.
“Any time we get a call like this, you know we need all the resources that we can get and that’s what happened here. We reached out for resources and we have a lot of schools in the county,” said Capt. Morris.
“I think they handled it well. I mean, I heard some parents in there complaining, saying they wish they would have been called. But, if they would have been called, there would have been 4,000 parents up here and they would not have been able to do their job. So, I think it was best to handle it this way,” says Jahmar Binghman, a parent of a Lakeside student.
One witness stated a white male in a dark-colored Chevrolet Avalanche pointed a weapon at them while they were on the bus at Old Evans Road, near Bobby Jones Expressway. The Suspect was tracked via cell phone to Aiken, where he was arrested by Aiken Department of Public Safety officers.
The truck was at the scene of his arrest. Two other subjects were with Hawkins, 17-year-old Aaron Lott, of Aiken, and 19-year-old Leondre Henderson, also from Aiken.
We will continue to follow developments in this story and provide mroe details as they become available. WJBF News Channel 6’s Margaret-Ann Carter will be reporting on this story during the Friday WJBF News Channel 6 at Noon broadcast.
Source: Suspect In Situation That Caused Columbia County School Lock Downs Identified | WJBF-TV
Suspect In Situation That Caused Columbia County School Lock Downs Identified
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