Thursday, May 4, 2023–10:18 a.m.
-David Crowder, WRGA News-
A man arrested in connection with a shooting earlier this week is now charged with murder after the critically injured victim dies.
43-year-old Anderous Mendrall Cunningham was initially charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime after he was taken into custody on Tuesday shortly after the shooting.
The victim, 50-year-old Johnny Napoleon Gibbs, was transported to Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center with a single gunshot wound to the head.
According to Floyd County Coroner Gene Proctor, Gibbs was pronounced dead at 2:55 p.m. on Wednesday.
His body is being sent to the GBI Crime Lab.
Cunningham remains in the Floyd County Jail.
