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2 suspects arrested in Americus shooting investigation
AMERICUS, Ga. – The Americus Police Department, working with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the United States Marshall Service, has arrested two suspects and charged them with the May 14th shooting of Michael Gage Grimes, age 17 of Americus. The shooting occurred in the 500 block of Eastview Drive in Americus on May 14th. Arrested were, Christopher Darrell Lembrick, Jr., age 19, and Lavarous Jermaine Rumph, Jr., age 18, both of Americus. Both suspects are charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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