Savannah Police Department: SPD Arrests Suspect In Memorial Day Shooting

Savannah GA

31 May, 2022

5:12 PM

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Press release from the Savannah Police Department: Bianca Johnson May 31st, 2022 SAVANNAH, GA (May 31, 2022): Savannah Police detectives have arrested a suspect in a Memorial Day shooting in Tatemville that injured two people. Jarquez Tarik Odum, 22, has been charged with aggravated battery, cruelty to children first degree and reckless conduct. He has been booked into the Chatham County jail. Around 10 p.m. May 30, officers responded to a shooting at Sherman and Dillon avenues and discovered a 25-year-old woman with a non-life threatening gunshot wound. A 2-year-old, who the female victim had been holding, was also grazed by a bullet. Both were transported to a hospital for treatment of injuries. The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information on this or any other violent crime should call the SPD Crime Tip Line at (912) 525-3124 or CrimeStoppers at (912) 234-2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward. CrimeStoppers tips can also be submitted online by visiting SavannahChathamCrimeStoppers.org and clicking "Submit Online Tip." SAVANNAH, GA (May 31, 2022): Savannah Police detectives have arrested a suspect in a Memorial Day shooting in Tatemville that injured two people. Jarquez Tarik Odum, 22, has been charged with aggravated battery, cruelty to children first degree and reckless conduct. He has been booked into the Chatham County jail. Around 10 p.m. May 30, officers responded to a shooting at Sherman and Dillon avenues and discovered a 25-year-old woman with a non-life threatening gunshot wound. A 2-year-old, who the female victim had been holding, was also grazed by a bullet. Both were transported to a hospital for treatment of injuries. The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information on this or any other violent crime should call the SPD Crime Tip Line at (912) 525-3124 or CrimeStoppers at (912) 234-2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward. CrimeStoppers tips can also be submitted online by visiting SavannahChathamCrimeStoppers.org and clicking "Submit Online Tip." This press release was produced by the Savannah Police Department. The views expressed here are the author's own.