Jimmy Paiz
Source: Chatham County Sheriff’s Office
A previous U.S. Marine was detained in Georgia for supposedly shooting a 15- year-old kid who was at his front door marketing forSen Raphael Warnock in his overflow election with Republican opposition Herschel Walker.
“At this point, there is no indication the shooting was politically motivated,” Savannah Police stated in a declaration.
Thursday’s shooting of the kid, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries to his leg, came 5 days prior to the overflow in between the Democratic incumbent Warnock and the previous football starWalker Neither prospect got more than 50% of the vote in last month’s election.
The implicated shooter, Jimmy Paiz, 43, was detained and charged with intensified attack and intensified battery, both of which are felonies, authorities stated. Paiz was being kept in lieu of a $5,700 bond at the Chatham County prison.
Police stated the event stays under examination.
Paiz served almost 17 years in the Marines, retiring in 2014 as a personnel sergeant after numerous trips inIraq He has numerous kids, consisting of a 15- year-old boy, according to the mom of that kid.
Police stated they reacted to a Savannah house at about 5: 35 p.m. ET on Thursday after getting a report of shooting. Officers discovered the 15- year-old kid, who had actually been shot in his leg.
“According to the preliminary investigation, the teen was campaigning for Raphael Warnock for the upcoming run-off election when the incident occurred,” authorities stated.
“While at the front door of one of the residences on Hartridge Street, the suspect fired a shot through the closed door, striking the teen,” police officers stated.
The kid was required to Memorial Medical Center for treatment.
Police stated officers rapidly recognized and situated the suspect Paiz at the house.
In a declaration to NBC News sent out by Warnock’s project, the senator stated, “I am saddened to learn about this incident.”
“I am praying for the victim and their family and wish them a full recovery,” Warnock stated.
Rev Raphael Warnock, Democratic Senator for Georgia speaks with press reporters at a midterm election project occasion in Savannah, Georgia, U.S., November 6, 2022.
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A Facebook post in 2020 by the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence includes a part of a podcast entitled “Picking Your Brain,” where Paiz speaks about being detected with trauma in connection with his service in Iraq.
The center is a cooperation of the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to promote look after veterans experiencing brain injuries.
“Retired U.S. Marine Corps SSgt. Jimmy Paiz’s experiences during his tours in Iraq left him struggling with #PTSD. Thanks to help from mental health providers, he now has an easier time coping with his day-to-day life,” the Facebook post states.
Paiz’s ConnectedIn page explains himself as “an Honduran-American writer and maker living in Savannah, GA., although, originally from Metro, DC. — a beltway kid. I write prose poetically about the human condition, that is, existential ruminations about our species’ denial of its animal self, amongst other oddities and interests. Also, I art.”
