Authorities have released the name of the suspect in a Friday night shooting that sent one person to the hospital.
Officers with the Columbus Police Department arrested Naser Ata Amro, 42, Friday after he allegedly firing into King’s Court Convenience Store on Main Street at about 8:30 p.m. A male victim was shot in the lower back and was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle with what authorities described as “non life-threatening injuries.”
The victim is Amro’s relative, said City Public Information Officer Joe Dillon, who described the shooting as a “domestic violence incident.”
Amro has been charged with shooting into a dwelling and attempt to commit murder, CPD Assistant Chief Fred Shelton said.
Amro is in the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center on $750,000 bond for both charges.
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