UPDATE: Montezuma shooting suspect taken into custody in southwest Georgia

Rick Weaver was taken into custody at the 8 Inn Hotel in Americus on Friday by members of the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, Montezuma/Oglethorpe Police Departments and the GBI Drug Task Force.

UPDATE: (2/16) – Rick Weaver was taken into custody at the 8 Inn Hotel in Americus on Friday by members of the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, Montezuma/Oglethorpe Police Departments and the GBI Drug Task Force.

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ORIGINAL STORY:

MONTEZUMA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Police in Montezuma and Oglethorpe are looking for a man wanted in connection with a shooting early Sunday morning that left two people injured.

A Montezuma Police Department Facebook post says officers from both departments responded to a shooting at 601 McKenzie Trailer Park Lot 27 just after midnight. Two people were taken to a hospital in Macon with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police are looking for 22-year-old Ricky Cameron Weaver of Ideal. Officers say they were able to identify a vehicle belonging to him, a white Chrysler 300 with Georgia tag number SCV4970, “in the area of the shooting” through the use of the Flock Camera System.

Weaver is wanted by the Americus Probation Office, and the Montezuma Police Department says charges are pending against him for aggravated assault, child abuse and weapon charges.

Police say he should be considered armed and dangerous. Call 911 if you see him.