UPDATE: Woman shot outside Macon Circle K dies, suspect now charged with murder
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says Delmar Tavaris Eugene Black’s charges have been upgraded after Teagan Jones died from her injuries
UPDATE (6/12/2026): A woman shot outside a Mercer University Drive convenience store has died, and the suspect’s charges have been upgraded, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office says investigators were notified by family members that Teagan Jones has died.
Delmar Tavaris Eugene Black’s charges are upgraded to murder.
Black was previously charged with aggravated assault, aggravated assault on law enforcement officers and felony fleeing and attempting to elude law enforcement officers.
The shooting happened June 7 outside the Circle K at 3391 Mercer University Drive. Deputies said Jones was shot in the parking lot and then struck by a vehicle while running from the suspect.
The investigation remains ongoing.
UPDATE (6/9/2026): A man accused of shooting a 33-year-old woman at a Mercer University Drive convenience store and later firing at deputies is now in custody and facing multiple charges, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.
On Tuesday afternoon, just before 3 p.m., 35-year-old Delmar Tavaris Eugene Black was transported to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center.
Black has been charged with aggravated assault, aggravated assault on law enforcement officers and felony fleeing and attempting to elude law enforcement officers.
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said Black is also wanted in Turner County.
He is being held without bond.
UPDATE (6/7/2026): The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 35-year-old man accused in a shooting that injured a woman Sunday afternoon outside a Circle K on Mercer University Drive.
Deputies identified the suspect as Delmar Tavaris Eugene Black.
The sheriff’s office says deputies determined the suspect, who was wearing a yellow T-shirt and dark pants, fled the shooting scene in a silver Buick Enclave.
Deputies later found a silver Buick Enclave around 7:35 p.m. at the Marathon gas station at 5013 Harrison Road. The sheriff’s office says a man matching the suspect’s description was inside the vehicle.
As deputies approached, the sheriff’s office says Black showed a firearm, ignored commands to stop and drop the weapon, then drove away.
Deputies say they chased Black for a short distance and immobilized the vehicle on Harrison Road south of Chambers Road.
The sheriff’s office says Black refused to get out of the vehicle and fired shots from inside. The SWAT Team, E.O.D. Unit and negotiators responded.
Deputies say SWAT members took Black into custody at 9:09 p.m. The firearm was recovered.
Paramedics treated Black for injuries sustained during his apprehension.
The woman shot outside the Circle K remains in critical condition, according to the sheriff’s office.
ORIGINAL STORY:
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A woman is in critical condition after Bibb County deputies say she was shot in a Circle K parking lot and then struck by a vehicle Sunday afternoon.
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened at the Circle K at 3391 Mercer University Drive.
It was reported to the Macon-Bibb Emergency 911 Center at 5:33 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office says the woman had been involved in a verbal altercation with an unknown man before she was shot in the parking lot.
Deputies say the woman ran from the suspect and was then struck by a vehicle traveling west on Mercer University Drive.
She was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
The sheriff’s office says the shooting remains under investigation.
If you have information, call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME.
