Investigators with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Columbus Police Department arrested a second suspect Monday evening in connection with a Saturday drive-by shooting at 1110 Seventh Ave. N.
Quinton Cortez Hairston 17, of 1517 Third Ave. N. in Columbus, was arrested on charges of drive-by shooting, according to Terri Songer, public information officer with the CPD.
Hairston is being held in the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center awaiting arraignment. No bond or court date has been set.
Joseph Allen Rush, 18, previously was arrested for the same crime.
At about 1:11 a.m. Saturday, CPD officers responded to Seventh Avenue North regarding a drive-by shooting.
An unnamed victim, who was shot twice, was walking east on Seventh Avenue North, when shots were fired from the inside of a gold Chrysler, driving past.
Officers stopped the Chrysler, which Rush was driving, and arrested him on charges of aggravated assault with a weapon. There were two unidentified passengers in the car, who police say will not be charged.
The victim was transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle with non-life threatening injuries.
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