Though many folks celebrated a “new dawn” for Savannah after last week’s election run-off, it’s clear that we’re still deep in the dark of night. In one week we’ve seen bullets exchanged on busy roads, a high school on lockdown, seven murders (or is it eight?) and the windshield shot out of a moving firetruck.
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Editor’s Note: Smooth as a baby’s…..?
While the baby coffin protest dominated the aftermath of Mayor Jackson’s speech, it wasn’t the only political prop used that night.
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Man killed in house on Barnard; roommate says shooting stemmed from robbery
Detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a Savannah man “at a house he was renovating on Barnard Street near Victory Drive Friday night,” a police spokesman says. The man […]
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Editor’s Note: Too little, too late on ‘taboo issue’?
After years of sticking their heads in the sand, City Council last week hosted a Call to Action Summit.
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East Broad bus stop shooting investigated
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating the shooting of a man at a bus stop this morning. Juan Ulmer, 39, of the 1000 block of Porter Street said “he was sitting […]
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Editor’s Note: Consulting on crime
Savannah has known literally for decades that the most immediate cause of gun violence here—in addition to larger sociocultural issues—is a relatively small group of chronic violent offenders.
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One dead, two injured in Georgetown domestic shooting
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating a triple shooting, including a fatal self-inflicted wound, after a domestic incident Tuesday night. John Richard “Rick” Morris, 41, died at Memorial University Medical Center […]
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31 felons, 20 guns off the streets in police op
One of the initiatives by the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department to address recent crime created 35 arrests and recovered nine weapons this weekend. The Violent Crime Task Force conducted 15 […]
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12-year-old shot and killed during party
Detectives of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are sorting out details and are seeking information on the fatal shooting of a teenager Saturday night. Keith Passmore, 12, of the 5600 […]
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Connect editor in Georgia Public Broadcasting segment
Connect Savannah Editor in Chief Jim Morekis joined South University Criminal Justice Professor Tom Cannon this morning in a statewide interview on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s ‘On Second Thought.” They talked […]
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Another child shot; man sought after domestic dispute
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are seeking a Savannah man after a six-year-old girl was shot in a domestic dispute this morning. Brandon Maurice Stewart, 20, is being sought “after detectives determined […]
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Chief Lumpkin’s statements on toddler’s murder
Wednesday afternoon, new Savannah/Chatham Metro Police Chief Jack Lumpkin issued the following statement on the shooting death of two-year-old Kiaja Smalls, when her Southside apartment was apparently intentionally targeted in […]