Shootings ruled suicide

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Shootings ruled suicide

Police also investigating Thursday murder at Grove Apts.

Neighbors gather outside the Eagle Gate Apartment complex after a double shooting Friday night.

031017 HOMICIDE 01 1111 — Neighbors gather outside the Eagle Gate Apartment complex after a double shooting Friday night.

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From Staff Reports

Updated: Mar 12, 2017, 12:39 AM

Published: Mar 12, 2017, 12:41 AM

Gunshots that killed a man and a woman Friday night at Eagle Gate Apartments on South Mulberry Street were self-inflicted. Bulloch County Coroner Jake Futch said Joaquin Brown and Sharell Mercer were arguing in their apartment - #21. Brown pulled a revolver and shot himself in the head, Futch said.

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All Fired Up! at the Averitt Center for the Arts

Jewelry maker Terry Harn talks with Georgia Southern student Michael Miller Jr. while he shopped Friday, May 2, at the All Fired Up! Exhibition and Sale at the Roxie Remley Center for Fine Arts. (Photos by JASON MARTIN/special)

Art 1.jpg — Jewelry maker Terry Harn talks with Georgia Southern student Michael Miller Jr. while he shopped Friday, May 2, at the All Fired Up! Exhibition and Sale at the Roxie Remley Center for Fine Arts. (Photos by JASON MARTIN/special)

Jason Martin

Special to the Herald

Published: May 7, 2025, 12:09 AM

Local and area artists showed off their wares and their talents last week during the spring All Fired Up! Exhibition and Sale at the Roxie Remley Center for Fine Arts on Vine Street. Ceramics, jewelry, paintings and other fine art were on display and for sale during the three-day event. The biannual sale supports local artists and helps continue the art programs, classes and workshops at the Averitt Center.