21-year-old arrested in shooting at Augusta apartments

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A 21-year-old man is in custody in connection with a shoot-out that sent a bullet into an apartment with four kids inside, according to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.

Marquez Bryant, of Augusta, was arrested Sunday in connection with a Sept. 3 shooting at The Pointe at Augusta apartment complex – the same apartment complex where another shoot-out claimed a man’s life in July.

Officials say a woman heard approximately six shots fired before a bullet entered an upstairs bedroom of the apartment in the 2000 block of Bahama Drive and struck the plug on one of the inside walls. The woman said her juvenile daughter and niece where in the room with her, while her sons were in another bedroom.

After responding around 5:48 p.m. Sept. 3, officials were able to confirm the victim’s claims that a bullet entered the room but said it did not appear to go past the interior wall. The bullet was not found in the room.

The initial caller told deputies Bryant ran into an apartment in the 2000 block of Acapulco Drive. The victim stated that she did not see anything, but only heard the gunshots.

In front of the 2000 block on Acapulco Drive, deputies found a car with a bullet hole in the passenger side of the rear bumper.

Deputies say Bryant was supposedly in a shoot-out with another suspect before Bryant left the scene in a black Chrysler 300.

Bryant is charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm or knife during a crime, according to jail bookings.

In July, Elijah Oliver, 19, of Augusta, was fatally shot in a parking lot in the 2400 block of Acapulco Drive at the complex. Authorities said several suspects were involved in a shoot-out and Oliver was caught in the crossfire.

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