Deputies release report on Augusta Mall shooting
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - We are learning more details on Wednesday after one of two suspects sought in the Augusta Mall shooting was apprehended, authorities said.
Authorities sent the initial details on the Augusta Mall shooting on April 28.
The report says deputies responded to the mall located at 3450 Wrightsboro Road around 1:44 p.m. in reference to shots fired.
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One of two suspects sought in the Augusta Mall shooting has been apprehended, authorities said. Kay-Sean Nealy, 20, was arrested in Waterbury, Conn.
Deputies say when they arrived they noticed several other deputies already on the scene headed towards the second floor of Dillard’s.
The crime scene was located in the Polo department and was secured, according to the report.
Authorities say no suspects or victims were on scene, however a possible victim was later identified at a nearby hospital.
Kay-Sean Nealy, 20, was arrested in Waterbury, Conn., the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
Samoney Tanksley, 26, who’s 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 133 pounds, is still at-large. She’s known to frequent the area of Pineview Court in Martinez.
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Anyone with information on her is urged to Investigator Britney Moore with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office at 706-821-4850, 706-821-1080 or 706-821-1020.
Tybrea Elester Nicole Nelson, 24, of Martinez, also has been arrested on two counts of aggravated assault for her role in the shooting that was reported at 1:43 p.m. April 28 in Dillard’s at the mall.
She’s not accused of being the shooter but of being present during the shooting and driving the getaway vehicle.
The arrest warrants show that the shooter shot toward a woman but didn’t injure her but did injure a male victim.
Deputies said they rushed to the mall after the gunfire was reported, but the suspects and victim had already left.
The victim drove themselves to a hospital for treatment.
Shoppers either took cover or fled when the shots started.
The incident came amid an outbreak of violent crime that’s claimed more than 150 lives across the CSRA in two years. It’s affected communities large and small on both sides of the Savannah River. But as the largest city in the region, Augusta has been hit especially hard.
Authorities have blamed much of the problem on gangs, and many of the victims as well as the suspects have been young men.
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