Crime

Fugitive Waffle House shooting suspect is ‘armed and dangerous’

Bibb County sheriff’s investigators have identified a suspect in the wounding of two people in a Waffle House shooting Wednesday morning.

Johntellis Montez Mathis, 30, is considered armed and dangerous, according to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

At about 3 a.m. Wednesday a fight led to gunfire in the restaurant at 4094 Pio Nono Ave. at the intersection of Rocky Creek Road in south Macon.

When deputies arrived, they found 32-year-old Kelvin Grayer of Macon wounded in the right leg.

Grayer was taken to the Medical Center, Navicent Health, in stable condition.

A short time later, officers were notified 30-year-old Winford Davis showed up at the hospital after being grazed by a bullet.

Johntellis Montez Mathis is wanted in Wednesday’s Waffle House shooting on Pio Nono Avenue in Macon.
Johntellis Montez Mathis is wanted in Wednesday’s Waffle House shooting on Pio Nono Avenue in Macon. Special to The Telegraph

Initial reports from authorities indicate Grayer and Davis were not “innocent bystanders” in the shooting in the all-night diner that was serving several customers at the time.

Mathis is a black man about 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs about 225 pounds.

Anyone who knows the location of Mathis is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 877-68-CRIME.

Liz Fabian: 478-744-4303, @liz_lines

This story was originally published August 31, 2017 at 8:47 AM with the headline "Fugitive Waffle House shooting suspect is ‘armed and dangerous’."

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