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Reward doubled in slaying
Club owner ups ante for information on shooting
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SCOTT BRYANT/staff Platinum Lounge patrons make their way inside the popular club Friday night. The owner of the club has matched the reward money offered by Statesboro Public Safety for information about a fatal shooting outside the club on August 19, bring the total to $5,000.
The owner of a bar where a woman lost her life has matched reward money offered by police, raising the total to $5,000 in exchange for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the man responsible.Heyward Fields, the owner of Platinum Lounge on Proctor Street in Statesboro, added $2,500 to the reward offered to anyone who can help police arrest the person who shot Akeila Roschell Martin in the early morning hours Aug. 19.Investigators know the suspect is a black male, but after interviewing more than 100 people regarding the fatal shooting, they are still seeking clues as to his identity.Statesboro Public Safety Director Wendell Turner said witnesses continue to give police conflicting reports, and he hopes the increased reward will make someone in the know step forward.“Anything can help at this point,” he said Monday, on the eve of a news conference scheduled for 10 a.m. today to discuss the reward. The news conference will be held at the Statesboro Police Department on West Grady Street.Investigators briefly had one man in custody last week, but “he was released and is no longer a suspect,” Turner said. “One lead spider-webs into five or six leads, and this has turned into a massive investigation.”A second woman wounded in the shooting, Sadondra Brianna Scarboro, 21, of Sylvania, was released from a hospital last week after treatment for her injuries.
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