Grice Connect received questions about a heavy police presence throughout the night on Sunday, February 19, 2023 in the area of the Blue Room and Axis Apartments on Chandler Road near Paulson Stadium.
According to Statesboro Police Captain Jared Akins, at 1:06 AM on Sunday morning, SPD patrol officers in the area of Chandler Road heard gunshots originating from near the Blue Room at 1830 Chandler Road.
No one at the Blue Room was injured but the building and a vehicle were found to have been damaged by gunfire.
While searching the vicinity for evidence, officers located a male subject in a wooded area down Chandler Road with a gunshot wound. The male was transported by Bulloch County EMS in critical condition to EGRMC. According to the Captain Akin's release he was later transferred to Memorial Medical Center in Savannah. At the time of this story there is no update on the victims condition.
Records indicate that the male is not a Georgia Southern student.
SPD set up a perimeter of the area and requested SPD detectives to the scene. SPD detectives interviewed multiple individuals as well as obtaining video surveillance and processed the scene.
Staff at the Blue Room were fully cooperative in the investigation. Evidence suggests that the injured male was not shot on the premises of the Blue Room.
At this point in the investigation it does not appear that there is an ongoing threat to public safety.
Further information will be forthcoming at a later date.
Anyone with information on this case should contact Senior Detective Ben Purvis at 912-764-9911 or submit an anonymous tip to [email protected].
