VALDOSTA — No arrests have been made in any of three unrelated shooting incidents that occurred during the July 4 holiday weekend, one of which resulted in the death of a Brooks County man.

Fatal shooting

Valdosta Police Cmdr. Eugene Bell said Monday that the Valdosta Police Department continues investigating an early Sunday morning shooting at Stone Creek Apartments, 1197 Melody Lane, which claimed the life of 24-year-old Jermaine Mitchell.

At approximately 1:30 a.m., Valdosta police were dispatched to the apartment complex to find Mitchell dead inside a vehicle in the complex parking lot, as well as an injured victim, Desmond Jones, near one of the apartment buildings. Both men suffered multiple gunshot wounds to their bodies, Bell said.

Jones was given first aid and transported to an area hospital. Bell said Monday that when he last checked, Jones was still being treated for his gunshot wounds and is expected to survive.

Police investigators and crime-scene technicians have collected evidence from the Melody Lane location and from Jones at the hospital, said Valdosta Police Lt. Bobbi McGraw. The investigation is being worked as a homicide-aggravated assault.

Jermaine Mitchell was a resident of Quitman. He was educated at Brooks County Schools and played football for the Brooks County Trojans while in high school.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Mitchell, but are being handled by Stevens-McGhee Funeral Home in Quitman.

Woman injured

While detectives continue following up on leads, arrests have yet to be made in connection with a shooting that left a Valdosta woman injured outside of a South Patterson Street nightclub early Sunday morning.

At approximately 1:55 a.m., a shooting occurred near The House, a 500 S. Patterson St. nightclub, Lt. McGraw said.

“Witnesses described an argument breaking out in an area outside of the business between several males, and gunshots were fired,” McGraw said. “A Valdosta resident, Mattie Sims, received a gunshot wound to an extremity.”

Sims isn’t believed to have been involved in the argument.