{"id":230071,"date":"2025-08-23T16:56:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T20:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=230071"},"modified":"2025-08-23T16:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T20:56:38","slug":"2-people-shot-while-riding-in-their-car-in-savannah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=230071","title":{"rendered":"2 People Shot While Riding in Their Car in Savannah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two adults were shot while riding in a vehicle on Wheaton Street in Savannah on Aug. 22, leaving both with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What We Know:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said gunfire erupted around 8:45 p.m. when an unknown group opened fire on a westbound vehicle in the 700 block of Wheaton Street. Witnesses told investigators that shots came from outside the car, striking both occupants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victims were taken to Memorial Health University Medical Center, treated, and later discharged. Detectives collected evidence at the scene and interviewed witnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By The Numbers:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 victims injured<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8:45 p.m. call from ShotSpotter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>700 block of Wheaton Street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In Context:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Savannah police frequently use ShotSpotter technology, which detects and alerts officers to gunfire. The department has said the system helps reduce response times in shooting cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take Action:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information can call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or submit an anonymous tip through the Savannah Police Department mobile app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two adults were shot while riding in a vehicle on Wheaton Street in Savannah on Aug. 22, leaving both with non-life-threatening injuries. What We Know: Police said gunfire erupted around 8:45 p.m. when an unknown group opened fire on a westbound vehicle in the 700 block of Wheaton Street. Witnesses told investigators that shots came [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":27439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"above","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[18959,8519,18958],"class_list":["post-230071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-car","tag-shooting","tag-wheaton-street","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=230071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=230071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=230071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=230071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}