Eleven young men -- including two juveniles -- face street gang terrorism charges after a shootout at a Spalding County subdivision on Feb. 20., authorities said.
Spalding County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the Amberwood subdivision after reports of shots being fired on the evening of Feb. 20. A description of the vehicles involved in the shooting were given to deputies, who found one vehicle on Cowan Road. The Griffin police department found the second vehicle on the North Expressway near Ellis Road, authorities said.
Investigators said both vehicles contained bullet holes from the shooting, which they said was gang related. Drugs and a weapon were found in the vehicles and 11 people were arrested, according to Sheriff Wendell Beam. All 11 were charged with street gang terrorism, a law that recently became available for law enforcement to use when they can identify suspects as gang members, Beam said.
The 11 suspects were charged with aggravated assault, street gang terrorism, marijuana possession, and marijuana possession with intent to distribute.
Police say six of those arrested are affiliated with a gang called the Ratchet Boys. They are: Deontvious Dewberry, 18; Tobias Keyundra Parker, 17; Shonderrick Jamall Williams, 23; Anthony Lamar Parks 19; and the two juveniles, whose names were not released because of their ages.
The other five suspects -- charged with aggravated assault and street gang terrorism -- are affiliated with the Southside Gang, according to authorities. They are: Khari Miller, 17; Decorius Williams, 17; Jotavious Brownlee, 17; Darryl Smith, 21, and Robert Harps, 20.
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