Atlanta rideshare passenger charged with marijuana possession after shooting driver
Atlanta police arrested 20-year-old Manderis Seagraves after he allegedly shot a 42-year-old rideshare driver during an argument in the city's West End on 7 November 2026. Alongside aggravated assault and firearms charges he was charged with possessing less than 1 ounce of marijuana, and police took him to the Fulton County Jail.
🇺🇸 West End, Atlanta, Georgia · Georgia, United States
Atlanta police arrested 20-year-old Manderis Seagraves after a passenger shot a
42-year-old rideshare driver during an argument in southwest Atlanta on 7
November 2026.[1]Officers were flagged down just before 7 p.m. at 884 York
Ave. SW and found the driver, who was alert and breathing, with an apparent
gunshot wound.[1]
Police said the passenger fired at the vehicle as the driver tried to leave
after the argument, and charged Seagraves with possession of less than 1 ounce
of marijuana.[2]The three other charges were aggravated assault, possession
of a firearm during the commission of a felony and second-degree criminal damage
to property.[1]
Officers recovered a firearm from Seagraves and took him to the Fulton County
Jail, and the investigation continued.[1]The information came from an Atlanta
Police Department statement, which FOX 5 Atlanta reported it reproduced.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Agency
Atlanta Police Department
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession
Setting
Street or public place, Vehicle
Charges
possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana; aggravated assault; possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; second-degree criminal damage to property
Case stage
Charged
Force
Shots fired
Region
Fulton County
Sources
CBS Atlantacbsnews.comPassenger accused of shooting rideshare driver after argument in Atlanta's West End
Only the 1-ounce threshold is published for the marijuana, so no weight is recorded; the exact quantity was not reported.
The 42-year-old driver was shot in both legs according to one WSB-TV account that could not be opened from outside the United States, so no injury count or detail is recorded here.
CBS Atlanta reports officers were flagged down near 884 York Ave. SW and found the driver there, while other accounts describe the driver driving himself to reach police; the Atlanta Police Department statement itself could not be opened.
No court date, bail or plea was reported for any of the four charges.
Atlanta News First reported the same charges but its page could not be reopened during this review, so no fact depends on it.
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