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Name:
Thomas, Ja’Siah Mattice
Date of Booking:
02/13/2025
Reason(s) For Booking:
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
Officer’s Narrative:
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On 09-01-2024 I Deputy D Palmer responded to Econolodge located at 130 Holiday Drive North in Macon-Bibb, Georgia in reference to a person shot.
Upon arrival I was advised that the victim [VICTIM #1] was already on the way to Atrium hospital in a personally owed vehicle with a gun shot wound to her knee. According to the C.A.D. notes she stayed in room [REDACTED] so I obtained a key to the room and entered the room, as there was no answer when I knocked on the door, to ensure there were not victims inside the room. Myself and other deputies cleared the room which was unoccupied. I did observe a small drop of blood on the floor inside the room and a Georgia identification card that belonged to [REDACTED] who is also the registered owner of the room. The room was rented by [REDACTED] from 09-01-2024 to 09-02-2024 and had a “rewards program ID’ registered to a [1100 BLOCK] Haywood Road in Macon-Bibb, Georgia. I also observed two .45 caliber shell casings on the ground in the parking lot and a small can a pepper spray. There was also a bullet on the balcony in front of room [REDACTED] and a black wig on the balcony a short distance down the walkway.
I then spoke with a witness [WITNESS #1] who stated they were staying in room [REDACTED] when they heard a male and female voice arguing for quite some time through the wall that separated the two rooms. They stated the female voice was telling the male voice to tell someone to “pull up” and fight her. [WITNESS #1] stated a short time later they heard a commotion outside in the parking lot so they looked outside and saw a group of females fighting in the parking lot. They said [REDACTED] was in the middle of the females fighting attempting to separate them. They stated they heard several shots fired but did not see who shot them or if anyone was shot. [VICTIM #1] did tell Bibb County Dispatch that “her boyfriend’s cousin shot her”. They also stated the can of pepper spay I observed on the ground belonged to [VICTIM #1].
My direct supervisor was already on scene when I contacted investigator Durbin who responded to Atrium Hospital to speak with [VICTIM #1]. He then responded to the scene and took over the investigation.
I collected the two shell casings and the pepper spray and turned them into the Bibb County Crime Lab at the request of investigator Durbin.
[End of Narrative]