After months of legal proceedings and criminal investigations, Quinton Thompkins, 26 of Greenville, has been sentenced for his role in Monticello’s J&B Club shooting. The following events were a part of the probable cause report and witness testimonies provided by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. On February 28, 2015, festivities at the J&B Club, located at 3561 Ashville Highway in Monticello, were marred by a verbal disturbance. According to witnesses, Magell Arnold and Keldric Green began arguing. Arnold’s friends got involved, including Thompkins and the incident escalated quickly. Thompkins produced a revolver. “He then made the statement, ‘my nigga, we got guns,’ and fired a shot into the air,” according to JCSO reports. Bystanders and those involved in the argument scattered.
Five people — Green and four bystanders— ended up behind a parked car. Thompkins advanced towards Green and the others and began firing on them, telling them, “Don’t duck down now. Don’t duck down now.” Thompkins’ bullets hit the hood and the front bumper of the vehicle. He also shot Travis Addison, a bystander, in the legs: the bullet went through one leg and lodged into the other. Addison was transported to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital for his injuries. Thompkins then drove away and was gone before deputies arrived. They issued a “be on the lookout” for Thompkins, who was picked up shortly thereafter by Madison County Sheriff’s deputies. Thompkins was positively identified by multiple witnesses as the shooter. On July 27, he was sentenced in court to 48 months in jail. He was transported to Madison County where he will serve his sentence to completion.
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1. Quinton Thompkins