A 36-year-old Georgia man has been charged with a number of felonies, together with aggravated assault after he allegedly shot at a 17-year-old boy that he discovered together with his daughter after monitoring her location through her cellphone to a church parking zone.
On Wednesday, deputies from the Habersham County Sheriff’s Division responded to a name of pictures fired within the parking zone of Central Alliance Church round 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday.
The church is situated throughout the road from two faculties in Mount Ethereal. Habersham Central Excessive Faculty district and the Ninth Grade Academy have been instantly placed on lockdown.
Faculty officers and police have been on excessive alert after the lethal college capturing in Uvalde, Texas simply someday prior that claimed the lives of 21 folks, together with 19 kids and two adults.
As soon as police ensured each faculties have been safe they situated a 17-year-old male, who was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Heart in Gainesville with non-life-threatening accidents.
Police later revealed that the male sufferer was not hit by a bullet, however suffered accidents from a bodily assault and ricochet particles.
When police arrived, Dustin Vandegrift, the teenage lady’s father was making an attempt to flee in his white Camaro, however he was detained for questioning, authorities mentioned.
A search warrant executed on Vandegrift’s automotive revealed a .45-caliber pistol that he had fired, in keeping with the police investigation.
Dustin Vandegrift, has been charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm throughout the fee of a felony, easy battery involving household violence, two counts of first-degree cruelty to kids, two counts of third-degree cruelty to kids, and two counts of recklessly inflicting hurt or endangering security
Police arrive on the Central Alliance Church parking zone within the space of Mount Ethereal, a city in Habersham County, Georgia
A 911 name from a neighborhood enterprise alerted police to the church parking zone after listening to reviews of a gun shot behind the church and noticed a younger female and male combating. The police instantly put the colleges on lockdown because the church is situated throughout the road from a personal academy and and a highschool
Vandegrift was later charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm throughout the fee of a felony.
He was additionally charged with easy battery involving household violence, two counts of first-degree cruelty to kids, two counts of third-degree cruelty to kids, and two counts of recklessly inflicting hurt or endangering security.
Vandegrift’s daughter instructed investigators that her father appeared behind the church and battered her male pal earlier than capturing at him.
She additionally mentioned instructed police that her father struck her.
Vandegrift admitted to police that he tracked his daughter’s whereabouts to the church parking zone to ‘verify on her.’
He instructed authorities that he confronted each teenagers and bodily attacked the boy and fired a shot.
Vandegrift is at present being held with out bond at Habersham County Detention Heart.
When police arrived, Dustin Vandegrift, the teenage lady’s father was making an attempt to flee in his white Camaro, however he was detained for questioning, authorities mentioned.
On Wednesday, deputies from the Habersham County Sheriff’s Division responded to a name of pictures fired in a the Central Alliance Church parking in Mount Ethereal. At that time, they have been unaware it was not a college capturing
Regulation enforcement officers, the hearth division, and emergency responders arrived promptly when gunshot was reported on the native church that’s situated between two faculties within the space
