Manager describes chaos after Victory Drive shooting

Above video: Your Saturday HeadlinesA restaurant manager is speaking out after a shooting along Victory Drive in Savannah left one man dead on Friday. It happened outside a busy shopping center. Shots rang out around 5 p.m. Friday outside Dave's Hot Chicken along Victory Drive. Police said when they arrived, they tried to resuscitate 21-year-old Nejeh Williams, but he died at the scene.Staff at Seasons of Japan, the Japanese restaurant next door, said police kept them and patrons on lockdown for hours while investigators worked at the scene. "We was working, and then we heard gunshots, and then we heard gunshots. We seen, like, the cops just running everywhere," a manager, who asked to remain anonymous, said. "At the time, nobody could have left or come inside the plaza. It got shut down."Police said Williams was shot after a dispute with 19-year-old Jakobie Johnson outside the restaurant. "A lot of, you know, panicking going on and, you know, people screaming outside, lady was crying. And so we did try to go outside, but they told us to get inside," the manager said. "I seen the yellow tape. And then the ambulance came and I guess they tried to do CPR on the man, and then it was like, 'oh, he's dead'."Dave's Hot Chicken, which is typically open on Saturdays, stayed padlocked with only staff inside. Several customers showed up but were turned away when they realized the door was locked. Police could be seen surveying the scene Saturday morning. "It was definitely, you know, something crazy that happened too fast. But that's all that we know," the manager said.Police said Johnson was arrested not far from the scene. He faces murder and aggravated assault charges with no bond. He was booked into the Chatham County Jail Friday night.

A restaurant manager is speaking out after a shooting along Victory Drive in Savannah left one man dead on Friday. It happened outside a busy shopping center.

Shots rang out around 5 p.m. Friday outside Dave's Hot Chicken along Victory Drive. Police said when they arrived, they tried to resuscitate 21-year-old Nejeh Williams, but he died at the scene.

Staff at Seasons of Japan, the Japanese restaurant next door, said police kept them and patrons on lockdown for hours while investigators worked at the scene.

"We was working, and then we heard gunshots, and then we heard gunshots. We seen, like, the cops just running everywhere," a manager, who asked to remain anonymous, said. "At the time, nobody could have left or come inside the plaza. It got shut down."

Police said Williams was shot after a dispute with 19-year-old Jakobie Johnson outside the restaurant.

"A lot of, you know, panicking going on and, you know, people screaming outside, lady was crying. And so we did try to go outside, but they told us to get inside," the manager said. "I seen the yellow tape. And then the ambulance came and I guess they tried to do CPR on the man, and then it was like, 'oh, he's dead'."

Dave's Hot Chicken, which is typically open on Saturdays, stayed padlocked with only staff inside. Several customers showed up but were turned away when they realized the door was locked. Police could be seen surveying the scene Saturday morning.

"It was definitely, you know, something crazy that happened too fast. But that's all that we know," the manager said.

Police said Johnson was arrested not far from the scene. He faces murder and aggravated assault charges with no bond. He was booked into the Chatham County Jail Friday night.