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Suspect Involved in 24-Hour Shooting Spree in Alabama and Georgia Arrested

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Justin Tyran Roberts, 39, is charged with shootings in three locations in Georgia and Alabama.

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Police have arrested Justin Tyran Roberts, 39, after a 24-hour shooting spree in three separate locations in Georgia and Alabama. Roberts is charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm while committing a crime and while being a convicted felon and theft. A man was shot multiple times outside a hotel on Friday night in Phenix City, Alabama, then two hours later three people were shot near a Columbus restaurant. Then Saturday afternoon another person was shot in Columbus, near the restaurant shooting. Police say Roberts was responsible for all three shootings and are investigating a connection between the injured and the suspect. He will appear in court on Monday.

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