More details emerge on shooting at Dollar General in Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - We’ve learned more about a shooting last week at a Dollar General store that sent a woman to a hospital.

According to authorities, a woman on the scene of the shooting, 802 Stevens Creek Road, stated her ex-girlfriend, the suspect, shot her current girlfriend in the hip.

The ex stated that the suspect pulled up to the store and started shooting toward her as she and her girlfriend were walking out, deputies say. The suspect and her ex began to fight and wrestle over the firearm, according to deputies.

While on the scene, deputies tried to make with the suspect, Mercedes Hyman, 33, when she tried to leave the scene by driving off in a 2019 Jeep Cherokee, deputies say. Officers said they told Hyman to open the door or else the window would be broken, but she refused to comply.

Deputies say they broke the driver’s-side window when they saw Hyman swallow a 9 mm bullet and begin reaching around the vehicle. Hyman was holding a magazine with what appeared to be 9mm bullets, deputies say.

Hyman was then removed and detained without further incident and was treated by medical personnel for her medical issues and for ingesting a large number of drugs, according to authorities.

While on the scene, the vehicle was confirmed to be stolen, according to deputies.

Hyman was arrested Thursday and charged with aggravated assault, kidnapping, possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and theft by the stolen property, according to authorities.

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