Police say a Brunswick man is charged in a fatal Sunday shooting after officers heard gunfire and found a man dead nearby. Police say a Brunswick man is charged in a fatal Sunday shooting after officers heard gunfire and found a man dead nearby. A 20-year-old Brunswick man has been arrested and charged with murder after a fatal shooting early Sunday morning, according to the Brunswick Police Department. Police said officers were patrolling Bay Street shortly after midnight on Sunday, Aug. 16, when they heard what sounded like a gunshot nearby. As officers checked the area, they saw a man running from the scene and detained him, police said. Other officers found a man with a gunshot wound in the 1500 block of Grant Street. He died from his injuries. The victim’s name has not been released, pending notification of his next of kin. Investigators identified the detained man as Jason Middlebrooks, 20, of Brunswick. He was arrested and charged with murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, aggravated assault, theft by taking of a firearm and theft by taking of a motor vehicle. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is assisting Brunswick Police Criminal Investigations with the case. Police said the investigation remains active and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Howell at 912-279-2606 or Silent Witness at 912-267-5516.
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