Man wanted in Georgia bar shootings arrested in South Carolina

A man wanted in connection with the shooting deaths of three people at a Georgia bar has been jailed in South Carolina after his arrest this week.

Authorities arrested Muchman Bond III in South Carolina following the mass shooting in the Macon area. A judge in Georgia has signed arrest warrants for Bond, who faces three charges of murder, the Macon Telegraph reported Thursday.

Three people died and six others were injured in the shooting that occurred around midnight May 18 in Georgia, the newspaper reported.

Bond was in the Richland County jail Friday, jail records show. He faces marijuana and hashish possession charges, according to the county’s jail log.

WIS TV reported that the S.C. Highway Patrol arrested Bond.

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