Victim of Wednesday shooting dies; suspect charged with murder
The victim of a Wednesday afternoon shooting on Savannah’s westside died Friday, Savannah-Chatham police announced.
Charges against the suspect, 54-year-old Phell “Lucky” Hudson, were upgraded from aggravated assault to murder following the death of Michael Jerome Allen, 52, Friday at Memorial University Medical Center.
Allen was found shot in a parking lot at the intersection of East Lathrop Avenue and Damon Street just after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Not long after the shooting, police captured Hudson, of a Burkhalter Road address, after police stopped him in a vehicle matching the description of the car witnesses said left the crime scene.
Savannah-Chatham police detectives credited the help of witnesses in the area and rapid response of patrol officers for the quick arrest, Miller said.