Authorities obtained arrest warrants Wednesday charging a third person in a shooting outside McEachern High School in Cobb County last week, police announced.
Jean Germain, 20, was one of the two victims shot Feb. 1, and he is now facing charges in connection with the shooting, Cobb police spokesman Eric Smith said. Germain is charged with possession of a firearm in a school zone and loitering on school property.
Germain was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital after the shooting with injuries not considered life-threatening. Police did not say when Germain was determined to be a suspect or when he was released from the hospital. He was later booked into the Cobb jail, where he remains without bond.
Two other suspects, who officials said were both McEachern students, were also arrested.
Scott Anthony Foor Jr., 17, faces two counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of a firearm on school property. The other suspect is a minor and police said they would not be releasing their name, but confirmed they are facing charges of possession of a firearm on school grounds and possession of a firearm by a minor.
Two people were shot last week in the high school’s parking lot on New Macland Road. The victims were not McEachern students but had been in a fight with a student, Cobb police Officer Aaron Wilson said.
The gunfire forced the Powder Springs school into a temporary lockdown.
Foor was taken into custody in Union City and remains in the Cobb jail without bond. He is accused of witnessing the fight and then firing a handgun several times, shooting one victim in the leg and the other in the arm, his arrest warrant states.
The second suspect allegedly engaged “in gunfire without causing further injuries,” Wilson said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cobb County Police Department Major Crimes Unit at 770-499-4111.
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