Eric Council, a 37-year-old Black man, was shot and killed late on September 14, 2024, on the 2400 block of Carroll Drive in Hephzibah, Georgia, a dead-end street off Windsor Spring Road. Police and deputies were called just after 11 p.m. to a shooting where Council and an adult woman had both been hit. Paramedics took Council to Wellstar MCG Health, and he was pronounced dead at 11:44 p.m. The second victim survived; authorities did not publicly release her name or detailed condition.

Authorities identified and arrested 38-year-old Constance Jenkins of Hephzibah in connection with the shooting. Jenkins was charged with murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and was held at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center. The coroner’s office scheduled an autopsy.

If anyone knew Eric Council, the woman who was wounded, or has information about the events on Carroll Drive that night, please share what is known.