Police identify suspect in deadly shooting of South Carolina teen, reward offered (2024)

A SWAT STANDOFF.. LASTING FOR *HOURS IN SAVANNAH. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY.. ACCUSED OF HOLDING A JUVENILE AND A SHOOTING VICTIM HOSTAGE. RAIN IS HEADING OUR WAY. I'M TRACKING STORMS AND HEAT... FOR ANOTHER WEATHER IMPACT DAY. AND A TOP GEORGIA EDUCATION OFFICIAL.. REVERSING HIS DECISION TO DEFUND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES. I'M SAVANNAH YOUNGER LIVE.. TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT HIS CHANGE OF HEART. THOMPSON HOTEL THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING -- I'M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 90. CALM WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY, MAINLY BEFORE 10PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 74. SOUTHWEST WIND 3 TO 7 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 50%. NEW PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF OF AN INCH POSSIBLE AN HOURS- LONG STANDOFF BETWEEN A SUSPECT AND SAVANNAH POLICE HAS COME TO AND END. POLICE SAY THEY'VE TAKEN THAT SHOOTING SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY. IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY ON LOVE STREET.. NEAR EAGLE STREET. THAT'S NOT FAR FROM THE TALMADGE BRIDGE DOWNTOWN. POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE THE SUSPECT SHOT A MAN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON... AND LATER TOOK A KID AND HELD THEM HOSTAGE IN A HOME. THANKFULLY THE CHILD IS SAFE ... AND THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT... HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. POLICE IDENTIFIED THE SHOOTING AND STANDOFF SUSPECT AS "RAYMOND WASHINGTON".. THEY SAY CHARGES ARE PENDING. RIGHT NOW.. HAMPTON COUNTY DEPUTIES NEED YOUR HELP TO FIND THIS MISSING MAN. THEY SAY NO ONE HAS SEEN CORINTHIAN SPEAKS SINCE SATURDAY. AND SAY HE IS DIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND HE IS IN NEED OF MEDICATION AND CARE. IF YOU SEE HIM.. PLEASE CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THIS MORNING... WE'RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CHANGES BEING MADE TO CONTINUE FUNDING AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES IN GEORGIA. WJCL 22 NEWS' SAVANNAH YOUNGER IS JOINING US LIVE.. AND SAVANNAH WE KNOW A TOP OFFICIAL IN THE STATE IS ROLLING BACK HIS DECISION TO DEFUND THESE PROGRAMS. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? ORIGINALLY..THE GEORGIA STATE SUPERINTENDENT SAID DISTRICTS COULD ONLY TEACH AP AFRICAN AMERICAN COURSES USING LOCAL FUNDS.. AND JUST A DAY AFTER THAT DECISION.. THE SUPERINTENDED CHANGED HIS MIND. NOW THE STATE WILL PAY FOR THESE COURSES.. AS LONG AS THE DISTRICTS USE AN EXISTING STATE-APPROVED COURSE IN AFRICAN- AMERICAN STUDIES. RIGHT NOW.. 18 STATES HAVE PASSED THE BANS.. INCLUDING FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP WROTE IN RESPONSE DECISION... "THE WELLBEING OF GEORGIA'S CHILDREN AND THEIR EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IS ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES." IN 2022... GEORGIA LAWMAKERS PASSED A BAN ON TEACHING DIVISIVE RACIAL CONCEPTS IN SCHOOL... STATING THAT IT WOULD MAKE THE U-S SEEM QUOTE "FUNDAMENTALLY OR SYSTEMATICALLY RACIST". AND THAT NO STUDENT QUOTE "SHOULD FEEL DISCOMFORT OR GUILTY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER RACE." EMMA... BACK TO YOU. BEFORE YOU GO SAVANNAH.. DO YOU KNOW IF ANY SCHOOLS IN SAVANNAH CHATHAM COUNTY WILL OFFER AFRICAN COURSES THIS SCHOOL YEAR? YES EMMA... SOL C. JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE SAYING THOSE COURSES WILL BE OFFERED THERE. AND SUPERINTENDED DENISE WATTS MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE REVERSAL.. SAYING IN PART QUOTE... "I AM APPRECIATIVE OF TEACHERS THAT ARE OFFERING THIS 'EXPERIENCE' TO STUDENTS. EMMA. THANKS SAVANNAH. NEW THIS MORNING... SOUTH CAROLINA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL IS LEADING A COALITION TO SUPPORT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S APPEAL BATTLE IN NEW YORK. ATTORNEY GENERAL ALAN WILSON LED A 15- STATE COALITION WHO FILED A BRIEF LAST WEEK TO APPEAL THE COURT ORDERING TRUMP TO PAY AROUND THRE HUNDRED AND 55 - *MILLION DOLLARS FOR MAKING FALSE REAL ESTATE STATEMENTS. WILSON ARGUES THE BRIEF ISN'T ABOUT TRUMP. INSTEAD ... IT'S ABOUT THE "RULE OF LAW AND CONSTITUTION" .. BUT IT'S QUOTE "AN EXCESSIVE FINE." ALSO NEW THIS MORNING.. WE'RE HEARING FROM SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM. HE WAS ASKED IF HE BELIEVES.. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP - *REGRETS PICKING J-D VANCE AS HIS RUNNINGMATE. "NO, NOT AT ALL, BECAUSE JD, VANCE HAS ONE OF THE MOST COMPELLING STORIES IN AMERICAN POLITICS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS BACKGROUND, WHAT HE OVERCOME EARLY IN LIFE TO BE WHO HE IS. HE WENT TO IRAQ. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO. WENT TO YELLOW LAW SCHOOL. HE BECAME A MARINE. THAT'S NO SMALL DEAL. THE AMERICAN FIRST AGENDA WILL BE IN GOOD HANDS WITH. JD, NO MATTER WHO THE DEMOCRATS PICK VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS PICKS TO BE HER RUNNING MATE, THEY WILL BUY INTO HER AGENDA, AND HER AGENDA IS THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND MEDICARE FOR ALL. AND SPEAKING OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS... SHE IS PREPARING FOR A TRIP TO GEORGIA FOR A CAMPAIGN EVENT. SHE'S SET TO BE IN ATLANTA TOMORROW. THIS WILL BE HER SIXTH VISIT IN THE PIVOTAL SWING STATE THIS YEAR. THIS MORNING ... WE'RE LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED DAYS AWAY.. FROM PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY. ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO HAS THE LATEST ON THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE. AND HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE R