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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man accused of shooting at woman, young children at southeast Georgia hotel
The Glynn County Police Department said a man was in custody, accused of shooting a woman at the start of Memorial Day Weekend that left a woman in the hospital. According to police, Brandon Betts, 32 of Brunswick, fired a shotgun at a woman, her 9-year-old and 7-year-old children and a man at the Royal Inn Hotel. Officers said they were called to the scene around 9:43 p.m. and found the victim with a gunshot wound in the lower stomach near her hip. Police said they immediately rendered first aid until medical first responders arrived and she was taken to Southeast Georgia Health System's Brunswick Campus. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] TRENDING STORIES: TikTok influencer Anna Grace Phelan dead at 19 Alabama college mourns 3 killed in crash in metro Atlanta 3 companies own nearly 38,000 metro Atlanta homes After arriving at the hospital, the woman was airlifted to UF Health Shands Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. where she is reported to be in stable condition. While investigating the incident, police identified Betts as the suspect. Officers said "it was determined that Betts had fired multiple shots from a shotgun in the direction of the victim, her two children—ages 9 and 7—and an additional adult male." Police took him into custody on Friday evening and he faces charges for: Four counts of Aggravated Assault One count of Possession of a Firearm or Knife During the Commission of or Attempt to Commit a Crime Police said there may be additional charges. Officers have not revealed the cause of the incident. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Yahoo
Brunswick man accused of shooting woman shot stepfather to death in 2007, police said
A Brunswick man arrested Friday after police said he shot a woman with a shotgun spent 10 years in prison for shooting his stepfather to death in December 2007, Glynn County authorities confirmed with Action News Jax. Brandon Betts, 32, is in Glynn County jail and is facing four counts of aggravated assault after police said he fired multiple shots from a shotgun at the woman, her two children - ages 9 and 7 - and another man, Glynn County police said. The woman was struck in the lower abdomen/hip area during the incident that occurred at about 9:43 p.m. near Mulligan's Bar and Royal Inn Hotel. The woman was flown by helicopter to UF Health Shands Hospital in Jacksonville where she was listed in stable condition, police said. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< Betts was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2009 for the December 2007 shooting death of his stepfather, 37-year-old Louis Hall Jr. He pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime. In Friday's shooting, Betts is also facing one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. 'Additional charges may be forthcoming as the investigation continues,' the police news release states. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Yahoo
Brunswick man arrested, accused of shooting at four people with a shotgun
A man has been arrested after Glynn County police say he shot a woman Friday night. Police responded to the scene near Mulligan's Bar and the Royal Inn Hotel around 9:43 P.M., where they found a woman with a gunshot wound to her hip area. According to the Glynn County Police Department, 32-year-old Brandon Betts fired a shotgun multiple times in the direction of the woman, her two children, and an additional man. The children are 9 and 7 years old. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] The woman was the Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick, before later being airlifted to UF Health Shands in Jacksonville, where she is listed as being in 'stable condition.' Betts was arrested later that evening, according to GCPD, on four counts of aggravated assault. More charges may be added as the investigation continues. Anyone with information regarding the shooting is asked to contact the police department at (912) 554-3645 or leave an anonymous tip through Silent Witness at (912) 264-1333. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
