Savannah streets erupted in violence on May 18, leaving 11 people with injuries, including 10 struck by gunfire, in what has been dubbed the worst mass shooting in the city since 2021. Three new arrests have been made, raising the total number of suspects to four, the Savannah Police Department announced Friday. The suspects, connected to the downtown shootout in Savannah, Georgia's historic district, now face multiple counts of aggravated assault. As reported by FOX 5 Atlanta, the altercation that shattered the peace of Ellis Square began with a late-night argument between two women that escalated rapidly into a cacophony of gunfire amid the nightclubs and bars usually brimming with tourists.
Samira Kenny, 29, Jordan Caleb Jones, 20, and Cazare Cooper, 19, are the latest to join the accused, after 20-year-old William Anthony Mitchell was nabbed last week on similar charges. Charged with aggravated assault—Kenny with five counts and the latter two each with four—and weapon possession during a crime, their culpability is laid bare. Cooper, already entangled in a separate felony case involving gun possession, theft, and drug charges, had bonded out just this January for $5,000, as per WSILTV. None of the suspects had legal representation immediately identifiable or available for comment.
The violent episode resonates with June 2022, when a passing car unleashed bullets into a crowded space outside a Savannah housing complex, claiming a life and wounding seven. Yet this time, as police detailed, the victims of the Ellis Square shootout survived the ordeal, treated at a local hospital for gunshot and related injuries before being released.
