Tuesday, June 13, 2023–10:35 a.m.
David Crowder, WRGA News-
An argument between two employees in the parking lot of the Kellogg’s facility on Old Lindale Road ended with a deadly shooting Monday.
According to a Rome Police Department news release:
Officers responded to the scene at around 10:47 p.m. after 29-year-old Dekembe Devion Smith called E911 and reported he had shot 26-year-old Keion Tyjuan Harper, also of Rome.
The officers attempted to render first aid to Harper before emergency medical personnel arrived.
Harper was later pronounced dead.
The Rome Police Department Criminal Investigation Unit responded and took control of the investigation.
Smith has been charged with murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
Police said the altercation had nothing to do with Kellogg’s and no other injuries were reported.
Saturday, a woman was arrested for shooting a man in the arm on Coosawattee Avenue.
Sunday evening, a man was arrested for shooting another man in the lower extremities on Tyler Street at Garden Lakes Boulevard.