VALDOSTA, GA – At approximately 8:09 p.m. on Friday evening, Valdosta Police responded to a residence on McAfina Trail in reference to a shooting. Officers arrived on the scene and found Quintavius Thomas deceased with a gunshot wound to the upper part of his body.

Valdosta Police Officers also located a second shooting victim that was transported to SGMC, where he is being treated and is in serious condition. No further information is currently available on the second victim.

Detectives began an investigation and determined that Thomas and Dontavia Freeman had been in a physical altercation. Freeman had gained access to a handgun during the struggle and shot the victims before leaving the scene.

Freeman was later located at a residence on Schroer Dr., and he was taken into police custody without incident. Evidence connecting Freeman to the shooting was also collected at that residence. Freeman was taken to the Lowndes County Jail and is facing charges of felony murder, aggravated assault 2 counts-felony, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Further charges are pending and the case is still under investigation.

Chief Leslie Manahan said, “I am so proud of how our officers and detectives worked together to identify the offender in this case and
take him into custody so quickly.”