A Columbus man has been arrested for allegedly shooting his brother after an argument in East Columbus, according to a Columbus Police Department press release.
Kadeem Eddings, 34, is charged with aggravated assault manifesting extreme indifference to life and felon in possession of a weapon.
CPD officers responded to the 90 block of Pandora Drive a few minutes after midnight Tuesday, according to the release. Eddings and his brother, Michael Richmond, 46, got into a disturbance that escalated to gunfire.
Richmond was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, where he remains hospitalized in stable condition.
CPD publicly identified him as a suspect Tuesday night, and Eddings turned himself in at CPD shortly before 8 a.m., Public Information Officer Joe Dillon said.
He was in custody at the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center as of press time, according to jail records. Bond had not been set.
“The media and others that know him helped to convince this man to turn himself in, which he did,” Chief Joseph Daughtry said in an emailed statement. “This is a tragic situation … and we are glad the suspect is in custody.”
Brian Jones is the local government reporter for Columbus and Lowndes County.
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