EDINBURGH, Ind. — The Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of an Edinburgh man for the Thanksgiving Day shooting that killed another man.
Damion Bryant, 20, was identified as the shooter in the incident and arrested for murder.
The Bartholomew County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 49-year-old Wayne E. McGeorge, Jr.
Deputies were called to investigate the shooting on Bluff Road on the southwest side of Edinburgh shortly after 6 p.m. on Nov. 24 and found McGeorge with a single gunshot wound to the abdomen. Medics took him to Columbus Regional Hospital, where he died.
Bryant was identified as the shooter, detained and interviewed by detectives, then taken to jail. Details of the investigation were not shared.
Bryant's jury trial is scheduled to start April 11 at 8:30 a.m.
