Updated: Friday, Feb. 8, 12:56 p.m.
UPDATE: On Friday, February 8, 2019, arrest warrants were obtained on Marquis Walker, 24, from Valdosta, for aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
Walker was taken into custody without incident and transported to Lowndes County Jail, where he is being held pending arrest warrants for aggravated assault.
According to Valdosta Police Department reports, last night around 10:20 p.m. several people got into an altercation in the parking lot of the Citgo gas/convenience store located on Northside Drive. A gun was pulled once the argument continued and one of the men was shot multiple times in the torso. The unnamed victim was taken to South Georgia Medical Center by one of his family members and is in critical condition.
Walker was taken into custody early this morning.
Valdosta Police Department detectives spent multiple hours last night and this morning on the investigation conducting multiple interviews of witnesses.
It was later determined that one witness, Dillon Hunter, 26, who is related to the victim, provided detectives a false name and date of birth. As a result arrest warrants for Hunter were issued for false statement (felony) and giving a false name (misdemeanor).
Hunter is not in custody at this time.
“I have received several calls asking how many shootings that Valdosta has had this year,” stated Valdosta Interim Police Chief Leslie Manahan. “Last night is the fourth shooting, to include January’s homicide on Meadow Run Circle, that the Valdosta Police Department has investigated. Our department has made arrests in three of the four shootings.”
“At this time we do not know what precipitated the physical altercation, which resulted in the shooting. This is a tragic event and multiple lives have been affected by a needless act.” Interim Chief Leslie Manahan.
This investigation is on-going and further charges are pending.
If anyone has any information or details pertaining to this case, they are asked to please call the Valdosta Police Department at 229-242-2606.
VALDOSTA, GA – A man was shot multiple times following an altercation involving several people in the parking lot of the Citgo station parking lot on Northside Drive around 10:30 p.m. Thursday night.
A report from the Valdosta Police Department stated that the as yet unidentified man was transported to South Georgia Medical by a family member center and listed in critical condition.
Although VPD has the shooter in custody, his identity has not yet been released.
VPD detectives and crime scene technicians from the Valdosta-Lowndes Regional Crime Laboratory responded to different incident locations.
The investigation is open.
Anyone with information regarding the incident may call the Valdosta Police Department, (229) 242-2606.
