This is a Press Release from the Statesboro Police Department
At 5:35 pm on October 4th, 2026 SPD officers were dispatched to Cone Homes on Northside Drive East in Statesboro for a subject in the complex with a firearm. As those officers responded, Flock gunshot detection sensors registered a shot being fired in the area. An 18-year-old male resident of the complex was located by officers suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was transported to Memorial Health in Savannah and later released after treatment.
Detectives responded to the location and conducted searches of two separate scenes and an apartment inside of the complex. Multiple interviews were conducted as well. Based on the efforts of both patrol officers and detectives, Logan Ware (18, Statesboro) was charged with Aggravated Assault and Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Crime. He was transported to the Bulloch County Jail where he remains pending further judicial action. The shooting stemmed from an ongoing dispute between the tenants of two apartments within the complex.
Anyone with information or video footage of the incident should contact Detective Sergeant Holloway at 912-764-9911 or submit an anonymous tip at https://statesboropd.com/ using the “Submit a Tip” link
