The West Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office has closed cases against five of six men alleged to have been involved in an October 17th 2023 shooting at a plaza business at 1201 Maple Street in Carrollton. One of those charged and now cleared was a UWG Football student-assistant.

Police had charged 21-year old Jordan Eric Bynum of Conyers; 23-year old Jalen Jarod Jackson of Stone Mountain; 21-year old Daniel Lee Davis of Decatur; 21-year old Jerome Marion Glover of Carrollton; 23-year old Drevion Evans; and, 23-year old Jomaurie Rashad Hester of Carrollton with aggravated assault along with other charges after determining that some subjects ‘from the Atlanta-area came to Carrollton to stay with friends in anticipation of selling marijuana during UWG’s 2023 homecoming weekend.’

Hester, at the time of the incident, was a student assistant with the UWG Football team. Following his arrest in 2023, he was “placed on leave without pay from his assistantship.”

Police said video surveillance and witness statements showed that a dispute led to the shooting and multiple subjects firing rounds. Some of the rounds struck at least three residences including one on the University of West Georgia campus.

According to court documents: some charges against Bynum, Jackson, Davis, Glover and Hester have been ‘nolle prossed’.

However, remaining charges land Bynum 20 years in jail with the first 8 to be spent in confinement; and, Davis is serving 10 years with the first 5 to be served in confinement, following plea deals. Glover’s plea was for a misdemeanor charge, and as a first time offender, was sentenced to 24 months probation.

WLBB Radio spoke with Hester on Friday. He was clearly pleased that the charges against him have been dropped. He said he expects to graduate from the University of West Georgia this December; and, he hopes to get back into coaching.

Court documents show the case against Evans is inactive but not dismissed… and confirm that all co-defendants have had their cases closed… leaving Evans with the only remaining charges.

In July of 2024, Evans was sentenced by the Northern District of Georgia to six years, six months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to three counts of possession of a machinegun and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Evans will have to serve that term out – before facing prosecution in Carroll County.