Georgia man charged with shooting at another car Sunday in Port Royal, police say
This story has been updated.
A Georgia man who police say shot at people he knew in another car while driving on Savannah Highway faces a slew of felony charges, according to the Port Royal Police Department.
Thomas Hightower, 35, of Statesboro, Georgia, was charged with three counts of attempted murder, aggravated breach of peace, three counts of possession of a weapon in the commission of a violent crime, discharging a firearm within town limits and discharging a firearm into a vehicle.
No injuries were reported in this incident.
Officers from the Port Royal Police Department were called around 7:30 p.m. to Savannah Highway on Sunday after the shooting was reported, officials said in a Port Royal Police Department press release. While there, they were told that an “altercation” happened between several people arguing in two cars on the road. The people in both cars all knew each other, officials said. Police identified Hightower as a passenger in one of the cars and said that he shot at the other car, which had three people in it, on the driver’s side.
Hightower and the driver were the only people in the car he was riding in at the time of the shooting, said Capt. John Griffith with the Port Royal Police Department. Neither of the two drivers nor other passengers showed a weapon during the incident and no other charges for Hightower are expected at this time.
Additional details like what started the argument were not immediately available.
Hightower remained in custody at the Beaufort County Detention Center on Monday.
This story was originally published March 20, 2023 at 10:44 AM.
