Athens police investigate weekend shooting

The Athens-Clarke County Police Department has charged two men with aggravated assault following a shooting over the weekend. Police are still searching for the suspected shooter, according to a police department press release.

On June 14 at approximately 1:49 p.m., police responded to a report of a fight and shooting in the 100 block of Hickman Drive. At the scene, officers found a woman with multiple abrasions on her head. They determined that she had been struck multiple times with a handgun.

“At that time, officers found Tysean Davis in the complex with a gunshot wound. The initial investigation revealed that he was the perpetrator who struck the woman,” said ACCPD Lieutenant Jody Thompson.

Officers charged the 27-year-old Athens man with two counts of aggravated assault, possession of a weapon during the commission of a felony and assault. Davis was taken to the hospital and later booked into the Clarke County Jail.

Thompson said witnesses told police that a third man, 28-year-old Byron Smith of Athens, shot Davis and fled the scene. Police charged him with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime. As of early Monday, June 17, Smith was still at large.

Lt. Thompson says the investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call Detective Harrison at 762-400-7361.