<> GUNSHOTS.... GUNSHOTS - ERUPT AT A GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME.. SENDING PEOPLE IN THE STANDS, CHEERLEADERS AND FOOTBALL PLAYERS...ALL SCRAMBLING FOR SAFETY. DEPUTIES SAY...IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AT JOHNSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. THATS IN WRIGHTSVILLE. WITNESSES SAY ABOUT TEN SHOTS RANG OUT. WE'RE TOLD - SCHOOL SECURITY ON SCENE ACTUALLY SAW THE SHOOTER - AND IMMEDIATELY RAN TOWARDS THE GUNFIRE TO SUBDUE HIM. FORTUNATELY - NO ONE WAS HURT IN THIS INCIDENT. DEPUTIES SAY THE SUSPEC
Shots fired at Georgia high school football game, no one injured
Johnson County Deputies immediately responded and apprehended the individual who was responsible.
Updated: 7:58 PM EDT Aug 6, 2022
Friday night there was a shooting at Johnson County High School in Wrightsville. According to the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, it happened on Herschel Walker Boulevard, adjacent to the football field area.Video credit: Johnson County High SchoolAccording to investigators, shots were fired towards the sky and nobody was injured. Johnson County deputies immediately responded and apprehended the person responsible. The suspect has been identified as 27-year-old Joshua Jerome Russell. He has been charged with: Felony aggravated assault (multiple counts), felony possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime (multiple counts), felony reckless conduct, felony cruelty to children, 1st degree felony carrying a weapon within a school zone, discharging a firearm near a highway or street, criminal attempt to commit a felony, inciting a Riot and several traffic violationsJohnson County Deputies, Johnson County Investigators along with Wrightsville Police are still investigating the incident.
WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. — Friday night there was a shooting at Johnson County High School in Wrightsville. According to the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, it happened on Herschel Walker Boulevard, adjacent to the football field area.
Video credit: Johnson County High School
According to investigators, shots were fired towards the sky and nobody was injured. Johnson County deputies immediately responded and apprehended the person responsible.
Johnson County Sheriff's Department
The suspect has been identified as 27-year-old Joshua Jerome Russell. He has been charged with: Felony aggravated assault (multiple counts), felony possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime (multiple counts), felony reckless conduct, felony cruelty to children, 1st degree felony carrying a weapon within a school zone, discharging a firearm near a highway or street, criminal attempt to commit a felony, inciting a Riot and several traffic violations
Johnson County Deputies, Johnson County Investigators along with Wrightsville Police are still investigating the incident.