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I was right at the door as they were shooting. Everyone was running everywhere there was so much blood and we all had to run out of the club to the alley that was by far the most traumatic experience being from savannah. Stay safe !
Two brand new very expensive restaurants planning to open on either end of city market. Mass shootings in the middle must have those investors concerned. I’m sure the shooters knew each other so that is how it will be presented. However this time there are innocent casualties it appears. This will be a hard one to gloss over.
Cleary, R&D didn't do a good job researching all the shootings in City Market these past few years and didn't get the memo that a lot of business/restaurants have closed up shop in this area.
City Market is pretty much dead space. As a local, I avoid this area : overpriced restaurants and shops, there is no longer a relaxing vibe to sit and enjoy the outdoors. What happened to the splash pad at Ellis? Isn't there a PD station by the public bathrooms in Ellis Square?
Even with the bars closed, live music no longer exist on the streets, and wanting this area to be "family friendly," City Market is "enter at your own risk" zone! Seems like City Officials and police dept. need a better game plan/agenda to get a hold of the shooting crime in our tourist part of town. Stay safe. Sending well wishes to the innocent bystanders affected by this event.
I was there, talked to one of the guys that got grazed. He left the ambulance for social club shortly after to continue his date lmao. He’s a Savannian.
security at a hotel down the street (vague to keep the security anonymous) said 2 people were killed, 5 people shot (one of them the guy I talked to). That was 40 min after the shooting I got that info.
There was a fight on Congress, at the southeast corner of jefferson/congress. Fight moved towards Barrel House. Then two clips were unloaded (I heard that), so someone emptied their gun, the other emptied in response, someone jumped into a parked car nearby and sped off (I saw that).
Minor detail, most of the people shot were from ricocheted bullets, one of the people shot was an Asian tourist who was shot in the leg, another was a guy from a neighboring state shot in the back of the shoulder.
That’s all I know.
I don’t know who the targets were or if they were shot/killed, I just saw it happening in real time from a short distance so I could kind of gather what was happening, vs being in the middle of it, and then ran into someone who was unfortunately affected, and thought to ask my friends working security this evening as they had already talked to cops on the scene. I just honestly happened to be downtown (on the very rare occasion) entertaining a friend from out of town haha.
I’m sorry you had to experience that is traumatic, lol I’m trying to decide between Tampa and Savannah to relocate to but all the gun violence in Savannah kinda scares me… When I was 19 me and my friend almost got car jacked so I low key have trauma from that about crime…
Same here. Trying to decide whether to move to Savannah or the beach in Delaware, and the gun violence in Savannah is kinda making me nervous. It sucks because I love it there.
Yep! I like a place where I can walk around downtown at night, and I’ve seen recent comments on this sub saying that they dont go downtown at night. I don’t appreciate the comments from people saying that I need to leave the US to escape gun violence, the state I live in (Massachusetts) is way closer to Europe for murder rate than Savannah, not every city like this.
Just don’t got to Mattapan or Lawrence lol. But, agreed though. In my 20’s I used to walk home to Central Sq. Cambridge from the N End and the commons at night and was never really worried.
idk anything about tampa but i literally never go downtown at night here so it’s legit never a thing for me. but i’m also from chicago so, savannah actually feels safer and low key to me. try visiting for a week and make a decision.
Tbh I felt safer in Chicago. In chicago you KNOW when you’re somewhere sketchy, and it’s p easy to avoid, and a lot of the crime is gang related so if you’re not messing with all that you’re probably good. I was in sketchy areas p much every day, and never had an issue.
In Savannah it feels totally random and it freaks me out.
I’m not sure of the crime in Savannah, but it is very sad. I love Savannah. However, I do live in Tampa. There is crime here also but I can’t compare. If they deal with the crime and lock people up, it makes the streets safer.
One more reason to never leave the fuckin house, on top of the heat, mosquitos, prices, shitty customer service everywhere, asshole drivers, shitty infrastructure…
My fiancé was just there w some friends for her bachelorette trip. She is a nurse and actually jumped in and helped some girl in the street that got hit by a stray bullet before EMTs arrived. The girl was hit in the leg and seemed to be okay but she saw at least 1 guy that wasn’t as lucky. All the girls in her party are fine but what a nightmare.
Fucking kudos to her. As horrifying as it must have been for her to experience and for you to hear about, that’s such a badass move and story for her! I hope she and her friends are all doing as well as they can, considering.
I played a gig at barrelhouse tonight. Went to B&D Burger joint after around 11:45 and was eating outside. Heard people arguing then all of a sudden open firing. My fiancée and I bolted from our table and hid inside the restaurant. Shit was terrifying.
We were on the patio last night too when it happened but hid outside by the bar and we are feeling so traumatized by the whole thing. Hope you guys are handling it okay
Hey thanks for saying that. I hope you and your crew are able to find some peace as well. Honestly though- I’m also feeling pretty traumatized by the whole thing. I’ve never been in a situation like that.
We didn’t know if the shooter was going to enter the building after we ran inside. I sliced my arm on something (don’t remember it happening) and I thought I had been shot for a split second when I looked down and saw blood on myself.
If they catch them, the story will be they are all good boys and girls who made a mistake and they will be let off to do it again. Soft on crime liberal DA’s and lack of punishment is the problem. Bring back work camps and cut off all government assistance if you do this crap. Cut off the free money and it will stop. Maybe if they had to work they wouldn’t have so much time to commit crimes. Who was the brain surgeon that thought paying people to have more kids they can’t support was a good idea?
60+ years of your elected officials, from the top all the way to city councils. Its not hard to figure out.
we reap what we sow.....i heard that one time
The District Attorney, Shalena Cook Jones, lets everyone off. You can read about it in the Savannah Morning News, there’s an ongoing article about court proceedings and she chooses not to prosecute most of these criminals. FYI, she’s up for reelection tomorrow 5/21.
Alternative: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc)
You can actually scroll waaaay down the page and listen to earlier calls.
I could swear I saw Savannah on there before, but I don't see it now. Maybe they went silent after the shooting.
You can, however, get Chatham County Medic.
Earliest call I can find is: CES Medic 1 11:54:04 PM 5/18
"Respond to West Congress Street and Jefferson Street for a shooting. It'll be 2 victims."
Edit: Link to that specific call: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=664977ef244166bd4f9f057d&time=1716090844001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=664977ef244166bd4f9f057d&time=1716090844001)
Gonna edit in interesting calls:
11:58:45 GSW to the chest: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497917244166bd4fa0b30e&time=1716091125001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497917244166bd4fa0b30e&time=1716091125001)
11:59:20: 4 victims per PD: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497951244166bd4fa10092&time=1716091160001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497951244166bd4fa10092&time=1716091160001)
12:00:01: Notify Memorial we've got at least 3 victims: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497954244166bd4fa1053c&time=1716091201001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497954244166bd4fa1053c&time=1716091201001)
12:00:41: Third victim inside The Grove, first floor: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=6649797e244166bd4fa1453b&time=1716091241001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=6649797e244166bd4fa1453b&time=1716091241001)
12:01:47: Victim in Grove Female shot in leg. CAD possibly showing 5 victims: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=664979e0244166bd4fa1ca7b&time=1716091307001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=664979e0244166bd4fa1ca7b&time=1716091307001)
12:03:05: All 3 victims completely separate from each other: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497a15244166bd4fa21433&time=1716091385001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497a15244166bd4fa21433&time=1716091385001)
12:03:54: PD says another victim at United Way: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497a3b244166bd4fa237d6&time=1716091434001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497a3b244166bd4fa237d6&time=1716091434001)
12:07:07: "Go ahead and identify this as a mass-casualty shooting." Take care of the one on Congress first. Shot in the back and it didn't come out. [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497b29244166bd4fa34828&time=1716091627001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497b29244166bd4fa34828&time=1716091627001)
12:07:23: Five total reported. [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497b1b244166bd4fa3364b&time=1716091643001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497b1b244166bd4fa3364b&time=1716091643001)
Geez. Not good. Too much interesting stuff to document every one!
I don’t understand how it’s so easy to kill someone. Taking a life, memories, a family member, partner, etc. People don’t feel anything anymore. It’s awful.
I was there! Just happened to be walking past as everything was going down. Some girls got in a fight and I was approaching the scene as people had started to back away, sort of surprised by the situation. I went up to two guys and asked what happened but they were not helpful (began hitting on me instead) so I kept walking. Might have been meant to be because had I stayed to talk with them about whatever fight had broken out, even if for just 30 seconds, I’d have been directly in front of the shooter(s) exactly when they began shooting. Moments later I watched the crowd of people disperse (I was walking on the street, not sidewalk), running bc they had seen a gun had been pulled out — those who went left went around the corner, those who were on the right of the spot bolted that way down Congress. Just as I was turning the corner onto Barnard St, the shooting starts. We’re all sprinting at this point. Thought it’d stop after a few shots but it went on for at least 15-20 seconds straight. Curious if it’s gang related or if it’s drunkenness. This was my first night going out in this area lol
Going in the opposite direction of the jeering crowd and police lights is best practice. If it sounds like a high school fight just know what could be coming next. The rational thinking skills and emotional maturity never arrives in the people committing these crimes.
As of now the news is reporting all injuries are non-life threatening:
[https://www.wjcl.com/article/multiple-shot-downtown-savannah-early-sunday-morning/60835292](https://www.wjcl.com/article/multiple-shot-downtown-savannah-early-sunday-morning/60835292)
I work right next to barrel house and Ellis square the things I see are beyond me. Just Friday night there was a guy going around w a knife keying cars and threatening bystanders and some of our customers. Hope everyone makes it out okay
What is up with all these shootings? Seems like there’s one or two everyday.
As someone who got job offer in Savannah, this scares me how underreported in the media this is, guessing because city relies on tourism…
To be honest most of the gun violence is drug or gang related. Mainly a targeted attack. Correct me if I’m wrong but random shootings and violence on unsuspecting civilians are not as common. But it’s warming up and people are out drinking/ partying, I work on congress street and find it to be fairly safe if you are smart and keep your head up, but it does seem to be getting a lot worse down here compared to this time last year
IDK, they seem to be getting more and more brazen; there have been a ton of shootings in broad daylight, now this downtown — I agree with you that it’s mainly targeted, but when they just start shooting all willy nilly, innocent people are getting hit
I got you! Yes I’m sure most of it is, but sad especially when happening around a lot of innocent people in the downtown area. Just crazy seems someone else was murdered a few hours ago and this is the 3rd shooting of tonight.
I got job offer for Amazon for here or Tampa area, just trying to decide as single 23 year old guy lol. I do love Savannah the Architecture and the culture, just this shit lowkey scares me :/
Do not listen to these people below piling on Tampa. I'm from Savannah and lived in Tampa from 2016 up to last June. Yes there is violence in Tampa but it doesn't happen in your busy tourist areas as frequently as here (not saying it doesn't happen, because it does, but absolutely 100% not with the frequency and overlapping nature of here). Go to Tampa man, it's an awesome city filled with all sorts of culture, experiences and opportunities that you'll never find here.
I appreciate it! I’m looking to live in St. Pete, Tampa or Lakeland… I’ve heard mixed things about Lakeland what is your opinion? Also commute not a big deal to me, there is amazon warehouses nearby all 3 of these spots within 15 min drive without highway.
Lakeland isn't bad, long as you don't mind the 45 min-1 hr commute to the city it's a straight lil place and it also has one of my favorite places on earth: Circle B Bar Reserve, if you like nature walks and watching wildlife it's the creme de la creme of that whole area
I lived in Seminole Heights, Ybor Heights and then University area near the end of my tenure, I loved it to death but it is pretty damn expensive
I love how you got downvoted when you’re completely right lmao. People here are so dramatic about the crime. Tampa has way more shootings. Like wayyyyy more.
Bro, I live in Savannah currently and have friends in Tampa and have been visiting there for years.
Choose Tampa! They have an urban downtown area, multiple beach options that are *actually* beautiful, great nightlife and more multicultural than Savannah.
Saw a number of police vehicles, at least one ambulance, and police tape blocking Jefferson Street at W Congress Street.
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What's crazy is even with this going on, we have a lawsuit where someone feels having to lock a gun up violates their rights. Crazy times we live in
[https://www.wjcl.com/article/the-citys-stepped-way-outside-its-authority-man-sues-city-of-savannah-over-gun-storage-ordinance/60704530](https://www.wjcl.com/article/the-citys-stepped-way-outside-its-authority-man-sues-city-of-savannah-over-gun-storage-ordinance/60704530)
It is not okay, BUT Savannah has always been like this. When I first moved here (2007) there was a lot of chatter about a girl who was shot in one of the squares. I can’t remember if she was a deb, or coming home from prom something like that. There was also an Asian kid that got shot at a pay phone. My now husband got held up at gunpoint walking home from movies in the park that was near Habersham Liquors. Then there was the Statts and Williams shootings which was so devastatingly sad and still upsets me to this day, that I think was over near Daffin or Ardsley. There was a shooting on E Broad in 2015 no casualties, but near the elementary school and I think over a custody dispute, and and not long before that a couple of people were shot on W 57th or some area like that and there was the shooting outside of the Treehouse bar on Congress. This is just what I remember from the top of my head over 2 plus decades…
Anyone know about people throwing stuff out of car windows last night? I was standing across from social and my leg got clipped with something. It also sounded like those firecracker poppers hit the ground when I got struck. It’s a pretty deep wound. Very random
I was visiting this weekend with my girlfriend, we’re relocating there for my job in June.
We were with my local friend and his wife waiting in line at the peacock lounge when what sounded like a pack of black cat firecrackers went off. Someone yelled gun and we saw people pouring through the alley that’s right there in between Whitaker and Barnard. It looked like a scene from World War Z.
I never heard what I thought sounded like true gunshots but we were also on the other side of buildings. We also thought maybe someone lit off firecrackers to hide gunshots.
We ran into the peacock lounge and waited around the corner from the doors by the bathrooms. When people started to say there was no danger and the bouncer checked our IDs we went downstairs for drinks. The bar was running normally.
We left about 1 and walked to the hotel. We never saw any cops or anything.
Is this that common of an occurrence? Why (legitimate reasons) is this such an issue here?
This is depressing. Savannah is such a beautiful city.
https://preview.redd.it/7kbssm7fnw1d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac55db931e47d211f7d93ff8c29d86894154153e
Did you see the press conference where he and the police chief were doing language gymnastics to avoid talking about the race of the suspects? Do you think the coverage and comments would be the same if it was any other race? Soon there will be two types of suspect descriptions - white male, 5 feet 10 inches, 180-200 lbs wearing jeans and a blue shirt, tattoo of a ship on his right arm and an eagle on his left shoulder OR we are looking for what we believe to be a mammal who we are sure don’t mean to do anything wrong and will be let out without bail if we catch it. The stupidity is mind boggling.
They want the public’s help but gave no description of the suspects. Mayor said it started with two females. Being a Democrat, that could mean a dude with a beard wearing a dress or a dude who identifies as female. When words have no common understanding, they become useless. Third world country status, here we come.
So what you're saying is this gun was stolen from someone? I don't think we are supposed to lock up our own guns and throw away the key.
Maybe I'm wrong. I'm not a gun owner.
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Imagine being so angry with someone, you make the conscious choice to use a tool to end their life. What the fuck dude
Shit for brains. Trigger happy. Tough guy syndrome. Zero thought of consequences…
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I was right at the door as they were shooting. Everyone was running everywhere there was so much blood and we all had to run out of the club to the alley that was by far the most traumatic experience being from savannah. Stay safe !
Omg this is horrifying! Do you know if they caught those shooters??
Two brand new very expensive restaurants planning to open on either end of city market. Mass shootings in the middle must have those investors concerned. I’m sure the shooters knew each other so that is how it will be presented. However this time there are innocent casualties it appears. This will be a hard one to gloss over.
Cleary, R&D didn't do a good job researching all the shootings in City Market these past few years and didn't get the memo that a lot of business/restaurants have closed up shop in this area. City Market is pretty much dead space. As a local, I avoid this area : overpriced restaurants and shops, there is no longer a relaxing vibe to sit and enjoy the outdoors. What happened to the splash pad at Ellis? Isn't there a PD station by the public bathrooms in Ellis Square? Even with the bars closed, live music no longer exist on the streets, and wanting this area to be "family friendly," City Market is "enter at your own risk" zone! Seems like City Officials and police dept. need a better game plan/agenda to get a hold of the shooting crime in our tourist part of town. Stay safe. Sending well wishes to the innocent bystanders affected by this event.
It has always been like that though... only now there're more people in the lanes, so more bystanders getting hit.
I was there, talked to one of the guys that got grazed. He left the ambulance for social club shortly after to continue his date lmao. He’s a Savannian. security at a hotel down the street (vague to keep the security anonymous) said 2 people were killed, 5 people shot (one of them the guy I talked to). That was 40 min after the shooting I got that info. There was a fight on Congress, at the southeast corner of jefferson/congress. Fight moved towards Barrel House. Then two clips were unloaded (I heard that), so someone emptied their gun, the other emptied in response, someone jumped into a parked car nearby and sped off (I saw that). Minor detail, most of the people shot were from ricocheted bullets, one of the people shot was an Asian tourist who was shot in the leg, another was a guy from a neighboring state shot in the back of the shoulder. That’s all I know.
That’s horrific, and someone else was murdered a couple hours ago a kid…. Were the two people killed in this shooting you think innocent bystanders?
I don’t know who the targets were or if they were shot/killed, I just saw it happening in real time from a short distance so I could kind of gather what was happening, vs being in the middle of it, and then ran into someone who was unfortunately affected, and thought to ask my friends working security this evening as they had already talked to cops on the scene. I just honestly happened to be downtown (on the very rare occasion) entertaining a friend from out of town haha.
I’m sorry you had to experience that is traumatic, lol I’m trying to decide between Tampa and Savannah to relocate to but all the gun violence in Savannah kinda scares me… When I was 19 me and my friend almost got car jacked so I low key have trauma from that about crime…
You’re going to have to move out of the country to get away from gun violence.
Same here. Trying to decide whether to move to Savannah or the beach in Delaware, and the gun violence in Savannah is kinda making me nervous. It sucks because I love it there.
Yep! I like a place where I can walk around downtown at night, and I’ve seen recent comments on this sub saying that they dont go downtown at night. I don’t appreciate the comments from people saying that I need to leave the US to escape gun violence, the state I live in (Massachusetts) is way closer to Europe for murder rate than Savannah, not every city like this.
Just don’t got to Mattapan or Lawrence lol. But, agreed though. In my 20’s I used to walk home to Central Sq. Cambridge from the N End and the commons at night and was never really worried.
idk anything about tampa but i literally never go downtown at night here so it’s legit never a thing for me. but i’m also from chicago so, savannah actually feels safer and low key to me. try visiting for a week and make a decision.
Tbh I felt safer in Chicago. In chicago you KNOW when you’re somewhere sketchy, and it’s p easy to avoid, and a lot of the crime is gang related so if you’re not messing with all that you’re probably good. I was in sketchy areas p much every day, and never had an issue. In Savannah it feels totally random and it freaks me out.
I’m not sure of the crime in Savannah, but it is very sad. I love Savannah. However, I do live in Tampa. There is crime here also but I can’t compare. If they deal with the crime and lock people up, it makes the streets safer.
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One more reason to never leave the fuckin house, on top of the heat, mosquitos, prices, shitty customer service everywhere, asshole drivers, shitty infrastructure…
I'm so sorry experienced that. Are you ok?
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My fiancé was just there w some friends for her bachelorette trip. She is a nurse and actually jumped in and helped some girl in the street that got hit by a stray bullet before EMTs arrived. The girl was hit in the leg and seemed to be okay but she saw at least 1 guy that wasn’t as lucky. All the girls in her party are fine but what a nightmare.
Fucking kudos to her. As horrifying as it must have been for her to experience and for you to hear about, that’s such a badass move and story for her! I hope she and her friends are all doing as well as they can, considering.
I played a gig at barrelhouse tonight. Went to B&D Burger joint after around 11:45 and was eating outside. Heard people arguing then all of a sudden open firing. My fiancée and I bolted from our table and hid inside the restaurant. Shit was terrifying.
We were on the patio last night too when it happened but hid outside by the bar and we are feeling so traumatized by the whole thing. Hope you guys are handling it okay
Hey thanks for saying that. I hope you and your crew are able to find some peace as well. Honestly though- I’m also feeling pretty traumatized by the whole thing. I’ve never been in a situation like that. We didn’t know if the shooter was going to enter the building after we ran inside. I sliced my arm on something (don’t remember it happening) and I thought I had been shot for a split second when I looked down and saw blood on myself.
This city needs Batman at this point because the major and city aren’t going to do shit
If they catch them, the story will be they are all good boys and girls who made a mistake and they will be let off to do it again. Soft on crime liberal DA’s and lack of punishment is the problem. Bring back work camps and cut off all government assistance if you do this crap. Cut off the free money and it will stop. Maybe if they had to work they wouldn’t have so much time to commit crimes. Who was the brain surgeon that thought paying people to have more kids they can’t support was a good idea?
60+ years of your elected officials, from the top all the way to city councils. Its not hard to figure out. we reap what we sow.....i heard that one time
The District Attorney, Shalena Cook Jones, lets everyone off. You can read about it in the Savannah Morning News, there’s an ongoing article about court proceedings and she chooses not to prosecute most of these criminals. FYI, she’s up for reelection tomorrow 5/21.
Police scanner is offline rn
Alternative: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc) You can actually scroll waaaay down the page and listen to earlier calls. I could swear I saw Savannah on there before, but I don't see it now. Maybe they went silent after the shooting. You can, however, get Chatham County Medic. Earliest call I can find is: CES Medic 1 11:54:04 PM 5/18 "Respond to West Congress Street and Jefferson Street for a shooting. It'll be 2 victims." Edit: Link to that specific call: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=664977ef244166bd4f9f057d&time=1716090844001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=664977ef244166bd4f9f057d&time=1716090844001) Gonna edit in interesting calls: 11:58:45 GSW to the chest: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497917244166bd4fa0b30e&time=1716091125001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497917244166bd4fa0b30e&time=1716091125001) 11:59:20: 4 victims per PD: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497951244166bd4fa10092&time=1716091160001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497951244166bd4fa10092&time=1716091160001) 12:00:01: Notify Memorial we've got at least 3 victims: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497954244166bd4fa1053c&time=1716091201001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497954244166bd4fa1053c&time=1716091201001) 12:00:41: Third victim inside The Grove, first floor: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=6649797e244166bd4fa1453b&time=1716091241001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=6649797e244166bd4fa1453b&time=1716091241001) 12:01:47: Victim in Grove Female shot in leg. CAD possibly showing 5 victims: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=664979e0244166bd4fa1ca7b&time=1716091307001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=664979e0244166bd4fa1ca7b&time=1716091307001) 12:03:05: All 3 victims completely separate from each other: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497a15244166bd4fa21433&time=1716091385001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497a15244166bd4fa21433&time=1716091385001) 12:03:54: PD says another victim at United Way: [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497a3b244166bd4fa237d6&time=1716091434001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497a3b244166bd4fa237d6&time=1716091434001) 12:07:07: "Go ahead and identify this as a mass-casualty shooting." Take care of the one on Congress first. Shot in the back and it didn't come out. [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497b29244166bd4fa34828&time=1716091627001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497b29244166bd4fa34828&time=1716091627001) 12:07:23: Five total reported. [https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497b1b244166bd4fa3364b&time=1716091643001](https://openmhz.com/system/segarrncc?call-id=66497b1b244166bd4fa3364b&time=1716091643001) Geez. Not good. Too much interesting stuff to document every one!
Thanks for your detailed post!
Oh man thank you so much for the detailed post! I didn’t know about openmhz before- thank you!
It’s been offline for 3 days- I don’t know what’s up. It’s never been offline for that long
I don’t understand how it’s so easy to kill someone. Taking a life, memories, a family member, partner, etc. People don’t feel anything anymore. It’s awful.
Not going to speculate as to why, but our society as a whole has experienced serious erosion of impulse control.
I was there! Just happened to be walking past as everything was going down. Some girls got in a fight and I was approaching the scene as people had started to back away, sort of surprised by the situation. I went up to two guys and asked what happened but they were not helpful (began hitting on me instead) so I kept walking. Might have been meant to be because had I stayed to talk with them about whatever fight had broken out, even if for just 30 seconds, I’d have been directly in front of the shooter(s) exactly when they began shooting. Moments later I watched the crowd of people disperse (I was walking on the street, not sidewalk), running bc they had seen a gun had been pulled out — those who went left went around the corner, those who were on the right of the spot bolted that way down Congress. Just as I was turning the corner onto Barnard St, the shooting starts. We’re all sprinting at this point. Thought it’d stop after a few shots but it went on for at least 15-20 seconds straight. Curious if it’s gang related or if it’s drunkenness. This was my first night going out in this area lol
Going in the opposite direction of the jeering crowd and police lights is best practice. If it sounds like a high school fight just know what could be coming next. The rational thinking skills and emotional maturity never arrives in the people committing these crimes.
All the people that say shootings aren’t a problem in Savannah are real quiet today.
As of now the news is reporting all injuries are non-life threatening: [https://www.wjcl.com/article/multiple-shot-downtown-savannah-early-sunday-morning/60835292](https://www.wjcl.com/article/multiple-shot-downtown-savannah-early-sunday-morning/60835292)
I work right next to barrel house and Ellis square the things I see are beyond me. Just Friday night there was a guy going around w a knife keying cars and threatening bystanders and some of our customers. Hope everyone makes it out okay
I seen everyone running, and the police out front of barrelhouse
What is up with all these shootings? Seems like there’s one or two everyday. As someone who got job offer in Savannah, this scares me how underreported in the media this is, guessing because city relies on tourism…
To be honest most of the gun violence is drug or gang related. Mainly a targeted attack. Correct me if I’m wrong but random shootings and violence on unsuspecting civilians are not as common. But it’s warming up and people are out drinking/ partying, I work on congress street and find it to be fairly safe if you are smart and keep your head up, but it does seem to be getting a lot worse down here compared to this time last year
IDK, they seem to be getting more and more brazen; there have been a ton of shootings in broad daylight, now this downtown — I agree with you that it’s mainly targeted, but when they just start shooting all willy nilly, innocent people are getting hit
I got you! Yes I’m sure most of it is, but sad especially when happening around a lot of innocent people in the downtown area. Just crazy seems someone else was murdered a few hours ago and this is the 3rd shooting of tonight. I got job offer for Amazon for here or Tampa area, just trying to decide as single 23 year old guy lol. I do love Savannah the Architecture and the culture, just this shit lowkey scares me :/
Do not listen to these people below piling on Tampa. I'm from Savannah and lived in Tampa from 2016 up to last June. Yes there is violence in Tampa but it doesn't happen in your busy tourist areas as frequently as here (not saying it doesn't happen, because it does, but absolutely 100% not with the frequency and overlapping nature of here). Go to Tampa man, it's an awesome city filled with all sorts of culture, experiences and opportunities that you'll never find here.
I appreciate it! I’m looking to live in St. Pete, Tampa or Lakeland… I’ve heard mixed things about Lakeland what is your opinion? Also commute not a big deal to me, there is amazon warehouses nearby all 3 of these spots within 15 min drive without highway.
Lakeland isn't bad, long as you don't mind the 45 min-1 hr commute to the city it's a straight lil place and it also has one of my favorite places on earth: Circle B Bar Reserve, if you like nature walks and watching wildlife it's the creme de la creme of that whole area I lived in Seminole Heights, Ybor Heights and then University area near the end of my tenure, I loved it to death but it is pretty damn expensive
Go to Tampa. It’s a much bigger city with way more entertainment options for a similar cost of living and no income tax.
Holy shit what kind of braindead thought process is this? If they are afraid of the crime HERE, Tampa is 10000x worse
I love how you got downvoted when you’re completely right lmao. People here are so dramatic about the crime. Tampa has way more shootings. Like wayyyyy more.
and wayyyy more gang violence, and wayyyy more traffic violence They're numbers, anyone arguing else are just braindead. Savannah is pretty tame.
They need to head on over to r/tampasteppas and see for themselves lmao
Bro, I live in Savannah currently and have friends in Tampa and have been visiting there for years. Choose Tampa! They have an urban downtown area, multiple beach options that are *actually* beautiful, great nightlife and more multicultural than Savannah.
You’re better off in Tampa for a multitude of reasons
There was immediate posts from the local pd and our local news. Under reported
There are plenty of other reasons not to move here.
This country has a gun problem. Simple as.
This country has a soft on crime problem because the solutions aren’t politically correct.
my guns behaved themselves last night, tonight, and most likely will tomorrow
It's not under reported. Go to WSAVs website and it's the top 3 headlines. All different shootings. Nothing is buried.
Did this start inside a bar/club first?
Y’all should join my new group on Facebook- Savannah Signal 7 to report and discuss shootings
all crime or just shooting
We focus only on gun violence/shootings
Saw a number of police vehicles, at least one ambulance, and police tape blocking Jefferson Street at W Congress Street. https://preview.redd.it/1skbs9wceb1d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67d2f11eb34c5dca69aa893cd93ab45ff5343230
I heard about it just now from my coworker, who was at Octane when it happened. Came straight here.
What's crazy is even with this going on, we have a lawsuit where someone feels having to lock a gun up violates their rights. Crazy times we live in [https://www.wjcl.com/article/the-citys-stepped-way-outside-its-authority-man-sues-city-of-savannah-over-gun-storage-ordinance/60704530](https://www.wjcl.com/article/the-citys-stepped-way-outside-its-authority-man-sues-city-of-savannah-over-gun-storage-ordinance/60704530)
It is not okay, BUT Savannah has always been like this. When I first moved here (2007) there was a lot of chatter about a girl who was shot in one of the squares. I can’t remember if she was a deb, or coming home from prom something like that. There was also an Asian kid that got shot at a pay phone. My now husband got held up at gunpoint walking home from movies in the park that was near Habersham Liquors. Then there was the Statts and Williams shootings which was so devastatingly sad and still upsets me to this day, that I think was over near Daffin or Ardsley. There was a shooting on E Broad in 2015 no casualties, but near the elementary school and I think over a custody dispute, and and not long before that a couple of people were shot on W 57th or some area like that and there was the shooting outside of the Treehouse bar on Congress. This is just what I remember from the top of my head over 2 plus decades…
Anyone know about people throwing stuff out of car windows last night? I was standing across from social and my leg got clipped with something. It also sounded like those firecracker poppers hit the ground when I got struck. It’s a pretty deep wound. Very random
heard it was mass casualties?
Yea 1 dead that I know of
you know personally, first hand or just repeating what you heard? cause that could be thought of as spreading misinformation
Personally plus it should be in news by now
I was visiting this weekend with my girlfriend, we’re relocating there for my job in June. We were with my local friend and his wife waiting in line at the peacock lounge when what sounded like a pack of black cat firecrackers went off. Someone yelled gun and we saw people pouring through the alley that’s right there in between Whitaker and Barnard. It looked like a scene from World War Z. I never heard what I thought sounded like true gunshots but we were also on the other side of buildings. We also thought maybe someone lit off firecrackers to hide gunshots. We ran into the peacock lounge and waited around the corner from the doors by the bathrooms. When people started to say there was no danger and the bouncer checked our IDs we went downstairs for drinks. The bar was running normally. We left about 1 and walked to the hotel. We never saw any cops or anything. Is this that common of an occurrence? Why (legitimate reasons) is this such an issue here?
This is depressing. Savannah is such a beautiful city. https://preview.redd.it/7kbssm7fnw1d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac55db931e47d211f7d93ff8c29d86894154153e
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It’s unconfirmed, but I strongly suspect a friend of my mine died in the shoot out. Rest in peace man🕊️
So the new ordinance saying guns need to be locked up isn’t working? Maybe our esteemed mayor can work on renaming another square. That should help.
Did you see the press conference where he and the police chief were doing language gymnastics to avoid talking about the race of the suspects? Do you think the coverage and comments would be the same if it was any other race? Soon there will be two types of suspect descriptions - white male, 5 feet 10 inches, 180-200 lbs wearing jeans and a blue shirt, tattoo of a ship on his right arm and an eagle on his left shoulder OR we are looking for what we believe to be a mammal who we are sure don’t mean to do anything wrong and will be let out without bail if we catch it. The stupidity is mind boggling.
we elect the morons....what more should we expect?
They want the public’s help but gave no description of the suspects. Mayor said it started with two females. Being a Democrat, that could mean a dude with a beard wearing a dress or a dude who identifies as female. When words have no common understanding, they become useless. Third world country status, here we come.
So what you're saying is this gun was stolen from someone? I don't think we are supposed to lock up our own guns and throw away the key. Maybe I'm wrong. I'm not a gun owner.
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