The Athens-Clarke County Police Department has charged two men with aggravated assault following a weekend shooting. Police are still searching for the alleged gunman, a news release from the police department says.
Around 1:49 p.m. on June 14, police responded to the 100 block of Hickman Drive to a report of a fight and shooting. At the scene, officers found a woman with several abrasions on her head. They determined she had been pistol-whipped multiple times.
“During this time, officers in the complex located Tysean Davis with a gunshot wound. The initial investigation determined he was the subject who struck the female,” says ACCPD Lt. Jody Thompson.
Officers charged the 27-year-old Athens man with two counts of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and battery. Davis was taken to the hospital and later booked into the Clarke County Jail.
According to Thompson, witnesses told police a third man, 28-year-old Byron Smith of Athens, shot Davis and fled the scene. Police charged him with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. As of early Monday, June 17, Smith remained at large.
Lt. Thompson says the investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to call Detective Harrison at 762-400-7361.
