Arrest Made In Lowndes County Shooting

Donta Perry
Source: Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department

LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lowndes County deputies make an arrest in a shooting earlier this month.

Donta Perry, 21, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a weapon.

He was arrested on Friday morning.

Perry’s bond is set at $30,000.

The shooting happened at AJ’s Grocery on Land Road, near the Columbus Air Force Base, on October 1st.

Chief Deputy Marc Miley says Perry fired several shots into a car that had two people inside.

One of the victims was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

Surveillance video and other evidence was collected at the scene.

Perry remains in jail.