COLUMBUS, Ga. — Police are searching for a man accused of shooting and injuring his wife and young son on Monday evening.
Columbus police say they were called to a neighborhood where they found a large number of shell casings, but no victims.
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Shortly after, 911 dispatchers received a call that two shooting victims arrived at a police precinct and were taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional by ambulance.
The victims were identified as a 24-year-old woman and her 7-year-old son.
The suspect, 28-year-old Jontay Reynolds, was identified as the woman’s husband and the child’s father.
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The 7-year-old boy suffered minor injuries, but his mother is in critical condition.
Warrants have been issued for Reynolds on charges of drive-by shooting and two counts of aggravated assault.
Reynolds has not yet been taken into custody.
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