Millen dispute turns deadly when 2 men shoot each other
MILLEN, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - We’re learning new details after one person was killed and another was injured in a shooting Monday night in Millen – one of two fatal shootings within 24 hours in the CSRA.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the Millen shooting that happened around 9 p.m.
Robert Lamar Herrington, 39, of Millen, was identified as the victim.
The investigation shows Millen Police Department officers responded to a 911 call of a shooting on Corbett Street.
When officers arrived, they found Herrington suffering from gunshot wounds. Herrington was taken to a local hospital, where he died, according to GBI.
A second man was also shot and went to a local hospital for treatment. GBI says he was later airlifted to a hospital in Augusta, where he was listed as stable Tuesday.
According to investigators, preliminary information indicates Herrington and the other man were involved in an earlier argument, which escalated to them shooting each other.
Herrington’s body was taken to the GBI crime lab, where a medical examiner will perform an autopsy.
Anyone with information is encouraged to the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Statesboro at 912-871-1121. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-8477, online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by ing the See Something, Send Something mobile app.
Once the investigation is complete, the case file will be given to the Ogeechee Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review and potential prosecution.
The Millen shooting was at least the fourth over the past three days in the CSRA and the second fatal one.
The other shootings include:
- A 24-year-old man died after a shooting late Sunday in the 300 block of Williamsburg Drive in Augusta, the Benson Estates apartment complex.
- One person was injured in a shooting Sunday afternoon at a Circle K at Peach Orchard and Tobacco roads. It happened after an argument escalated, according to authorities.
- Early Sunday, a shooting was reported in the 700 block of Matthews Road in Washington County. Plenty of blood was found at the home where the victim went, but he couldn’t be located.
The Millen shooting victim is the latest in an outbreak of violence that’s claimed more than 150 lives across the CSRA in the past two years. Communities large and small have been affected on both sides of the Savannah River, and authorities have blamed much of the problem on gangs.
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