A Georgia man was detained after it was claimed that he shot a youngster helping Sen. Raphael Warnock‘s campaign in the leg with a gun through his front door.
According to authorities, the incident happened on Thursday at around 5:30 p.m. in Savannah, where the 15-year-old was running for Warnock’s re-election.
The 42-year-old Jimmy Paiz, who was “immediately identified” as the perpetrator, is accused of shooting the boy through the locked front door. The youngster was sent to a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injury treatment.
There is currently no evidence that the shooting was motivated by politics, according to a statement released on Friday by the Savannah Police Department.
Paiz was located at the residence and booked into Chatham County Jail on charges of aggravated assault and aggravated battery, police said.
The case remains under investigation.
In the carefully watched Senate runoff on Tuesday, which has seen a record amount of early voting, Democratic incumbent Warnock will face off against Republican challenger Herschel Walker.
“I am saddened to learn about this incident,” Warnock said in a statement. “I am praying for the victim and their family and wish them a full recovery.”
