Crime & Safety

Shooting Suspect Turns Himself in

Brandon Shawn O'Brian Drummond, the man wanted in connection to a possible gang-related shooting, surrendered Thursday evening to Snellville Police.

This article originally posted at 8:52 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19.Β 

The suspect in the possible gang-related shooting from Wednesday (Sept. 18) is now in police custody.Β 

Brandon Shawn O'BrianΒ Drummond, 20, went to the Snellville Police Department early Thursday evening (Sept. 19) and surrendered, according to a news release fromΒ Gwinnett County Police spokesman Cpl. Jake Smith.Β 

Gwinnett County jail records indicate Drummond, who lives in Snellville,Β was admitted into the jail at 7:58 p.m. Records also show that he has three charges against him:Β aggravated assault, possession of a weapon during a crime and reckless conduct.Β Smith said he will be held without bond.Β 

Drummond was wanted in connection to shooting another man in the head off Raptor Place in unincorporated Snellville. The bullet grazed the side of the victim's head.Β Β 

This incident is only half a mile away fromΒ Sunday's quadrupleΒ shootingΒ that resulted in the death of a woman, her 12-year-old son and her 19-year-old godson. Gwinnett Police believe Robert Bell, the suspect from that case,Β may be out of the state. Authorities haveΒ released theΒ 911 calls of both the neighborΒ andΒ the only surviving victim, the woman's boyfriend.

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