UPDATE: Man sentenced to life in prison for fatal Macon nightclub shooting

Prosecutors say the shooting happened outside a nightclub on Bloomfield Road in 2022.

UPDATE (1/8/26): A Bibb County jury sentenced a 23-year-old man to life in prison after convicting him in the fatal shooting of a security guard outside a Macon nightclub.

According to a news release from the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office, Andrew Mullis was convicted on Wednesday, January 7 of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in the death of 42-year-old Dedrick Lamont Bulls. The court sentenced Mullis to life in prison plus five consecutive years.

According to the district attorney’s office, the shooting happened December 12, 2022, outside the Full House Tavern Nightclub on Bloomfield Road. Prosecutors said Mullis worked as a card dealer at the nightclub and had been told to leave after drinking too much but remained outside socializing with staff and patrons.

The district attorney’s office said Bulls was talking about boxing with his nephew when Mullis joined the conversation and claimed his brother was also a boxer. After being dismissed, Mullis called his brother and tried to involve him in the conversation. Prosecutors said Bulls reached for the phone to speak with Mullis’s brother, and Mullis pulled the phone away and drew a gun.

According to the release, Bulls struck the phone out of Mullis’s hand, and Mullis then raised the firearm and shot Bulls in the face. Bulls later died from his injuries.

During an immunity hearing in April 2024, prosecutors said Mullis testified that he feared for his life due to threats and bullying earlier that night. At trial, the district attorney’s office said Mullis changed his testimony, saying he felt threatened only at the moment of the shooting. Prosecutors said trial evidence contradicted both claims and that witnesses testified Bulls and others at the nightclub were not aggressive toward Mullis.

“Mr. Mullis spent hours socializing peacefully with the victim, only to pull a gun and shoot him in the face over a trivial dispute,” District Attorney Anita Howard said. “This senseless act of violence took a father, a friend, and a valued member of our community. The jury’s verdict and this life sentence reflect the gravity of his crime and our commitment to holding violent offenders accountable.”

UPDATE (12/20/22): Bibb County Sheriff’s Investigators arrested 19-year-old Andrew Ronnie Mullis in connection with the death investigation of 42-year-old Dedrick Bulls on December 12, at Full House Tavern, located at 3709 Bloomfield Road.

Investigators identified Mullis as the suspect involved in connection with Bull’s death and had warrants issued for his arrest. Mullis turned himself over to Bibb County Sheriff’s Investigators and members of the U.S. Marshal’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force at around 2:50 a.m. Tuesday.

Mullis is being held at the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center, without bond, for the charges of murder, (two counts) of aggravated assault and aggravated Battery.

UPDATE (12/20/22): 42-year-old Dedrick Bulls died at the hospital from the injury that he received in the parking lot of the Full House Tavern  located at 3709 Bloomfield Road.

According to Coroner Leon Jones, Bulls was pronounced deceased Saturday morning. The next of kin has been notified.

The case has now been upgraded to a  homicide investigation.

ORIGINAL STORY (12/20/22):

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A shooting at Full House Tavern early Monday left a 42-year-old man in critical condition.

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says just after 3 a.m., deputies received a call concerning a person shot in the parking lot at the Full House Tavern restaurant off Bloomfield Road. The man found with the gunshot wound was taken to Atrium Health Navicent where he is listed in critical condition.

The circumstances around the shooting are still under investigation. Anyone with information is urged to call the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.