COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) – Police say a fatal April drive-by-shooting in Columbus stemmed from a brawl at a nightclub the night before.
Local news outlets report that police obtained surveillance video showing 33-year-old Quintion Williams was one of the men involved in the fight before the April 11 shooting.
A dark colored sedan drove by a house and someone fired 17 rounds into the house. Shot multiple times and killed was 25-year-old Demetrius Daniels. Rodney Daniels, who was involved in the bar fight, was wounded and survived. The two Daniels men, who were both sitting on a porch, aren’t related.
Columbus Police Department Detective Robert Nicholas testified Friday in a hearing that Williams made a social media post tying him to the shooting. Nicholas also testified that video shows Williams left the club in a Nissan Altima with distinctive wheel rims. Other video shows the same car approached the house, with someone firing shots. Nicholas testified that another witness saw a dark-colored Nissan drive away after the shooting.
Williams pleaded not guilty to murder and aggravated assault and was bound over to superior court. He’s jailed in Columbus.