Macon teen says shooter pulled alongside his moving car and opened fire

An 18-year-old Macon man told the police he was shot Thursday evening as he was driving along Edna Place Road on the city’s west side by someone who opened fire from a passing car.

Bibb County sheriff’s officials said the victim, Tavares Roberts Jr., shot in the buttocks, was not critically wounded in the episode, which happened shortly before 6 p.m.

Roberts told investigators that he was driving along Edna near Wilmington Place, a few blocks north of Mercer University Drive, when someone in another car wheeled up beside him and, for no apparent reason, started shooting.

This story was originally published October 19, 2017 at 8:04 PM with the headline "Macon teen says shooter pulled alongside his moving car and opened fire."