Pitts and Bailey were charged with aggravated assault after 12 people were shot at a Macon park.

Twelve aggravated-assault counts are accusations, not a conviction. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office said Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, that Pitts was charged with aggravated assault as a party to a crime and Bailey was charged with aggravated assault, each on 12 counts, after a shooting shortly after midnight on Sept. 27 at Carolyn Crayton Park. Both are held without bond at the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center. A no-bond hold is custody. It does not decide who fired.

USA TODAY reported that the shooting was called in shortly after midnight on Sept. 27 at a large gathering at Carolyn Crayton Park. Sheriff David Davis said one group was at a birthday party near the skatepark when a second group arrived across the street, the groups exchanged words, people brandished firearms, and both groups fired. Davis said the party was for a young woman turning 18. It had started at a short-term rental in Jones County, and the owner told people to leave after becoming concerned about activities there. The group later gathered at the park. Those are the sheriff's reported account of the scene. They are not a verdict.

Eleven people were identified first: four 18-year-old males, five 17-year-old males, and two 18-year-old females. A 19-year-old man later arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound authorities described as non-life-threatening, and investigators said he was shot in the same incident, bringing the total to 12. On Sept. 27, one 18-year-old male and one 17-year-old male were listed in critical but stable condition. The others were reported in stable condition. Those conditions are a medical snapshot from that day. They are not a finding of who shot whom.

Pitts, 20, and Bailey, 20, were questioned at the sheriff's criminal investigation division and then taken to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center. Pitts faces 12 counts of aggravated assault as a party to a crime. Bailey faces 12 counts of aggravated assault. Both are held without bond. Davis said investigators had not established what started the dispute and were still looking at possible motives. An open investigation and a stack of counts are process. Pitts and Bailey are presumed innocent.