FBI offers $10,000 reward following mass shooting

THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS APPROACHING. As we go on air at 11 a.m., new information on the criminal history of a suspect…in the Ellis Square mass shooting. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. My name is GREG COY. AND MY NAME IS SHANNON ROYSTER. A Savannah alderman wants to know why the suspect was walking the streets. WJCL 22 NEWS' TIA MAGGIO.. JOINS US NOW LIVE IN ELLIS SQUARE… WHERE THE FILMING TOOK PLACE. THE SUSPECT – BOUND – RELEASED FROM JAIL… DAYS BEFORE THE SHOOTING./// JUST DAYS BEFORE WILLIAM ANTHONY MITCHELL WAS CHARGED WITH SHOOTING HERE IN ELLIS SQUARE – HE RELEASED FROM PRISON ON DRUG CHARGES. Today I spoke to Alderman Detric Leggett twice. He says he wants answers about who is responsible for Mitchell's release. (ALDERMAN DETRIC LEGGETT) CLIP: LEGGETT INTERVIEW ZOOM 1;23 “I DON'T FEEL IT'S ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE WORK, GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET AND THE NEXT THING WE SEE THEM BEFORE WE EVEN GO HOME .” 1;31 AFTER MASS SHOOTING IN ELLIS SQUARE, 11 PEOPLE LEFT INJURED – Alderman DETRIC LEGGETT WANTS ANSWERS TO WHY AN ARRESTED SUSPECT WAS ON THE STREETS IN THE FIRST PLACE. CLIP: 639_2682 15;51;45 “KNOCKING ON DOORS, TALKING TO BUSINESSES, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE OUR FALL WAS AND WE WANT TO TRY TO PICK UP OTHERS AND DO THE RIGHT THING.” 3:51:52 PM TUESDAY – SPD SWAT TEAM ARRESTED SUSPECT… WILLIAM ANTHONY MITCHELL, 20, AT HIS HOME FOR SHOOTING. His lawyer on the drug charges tells us the police searched the Mitchell home. CLIP: LEGGETT INTERVIEW ZOOM 5;01 “I think it was the appropriate type of setting that we needed to have our SWAT team in BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THEIR TACTICS WOULD BE.” 5; 11 WJCL 22 COURT DOCUMENTS OBTAINED SHOW MITCHELL HAS A CRIME HISTORY… THE MOST RECENT SHOW MITCHELL RELEASED FROM JAIL DAYS BEFORE THE SHOOTING ON FOUR DRUG CHARGES THAT INCLUDED POSSESSION OF CRACK AND MARIJUANA. CLIP: LEGGETT INTERVIEW ZOOM 1:55 “EVERYONE IS basically stunned by the same conversation as to how this individual came out. And it's not just this one, it's multiple cases of individuals coming out prison after committing offenses. » 2;10 JUDGE SETS BAIL BUT DISTRICT ATTORNEY CAN ARGUMENT FOR HIGHER OR NO BAIL THAT'S WHY LEGGETT SEEKS ANSWERS CLIP: LEGGETT INTERVIEW ZOOM 4. ;06 “I NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER. THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION. IF NOT, THE MAYOR WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER.” 4:15 PM I CONTACTED CHATHAM COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SHALENA COOK-JONES VIA PHONE AND EMAIL, SHE JUST WON THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY YESTERDAY EVENING. I haven't heard a response. LIVE REPORTING IN DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH – TIA MAGGIO – WJCL 22 NEWS THANK YOU.// SAVANNAH MAYOR VAN JOHNSON…COMMENTING ON THE ARREST — “THIS IS THE FIRST ARREST… BUT IT CANNOT BE THE LAST ARREST IN THIS CASE