Three Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Firearms Possession (DOJ)

SAVANNAH, Georgia: Three men, including a man charged after a Savannah mall shooting, have been sentenced to federal prison.

The sentences before U.S. District Court Chief Judge R. Stan Baker were announced by Margaret E. "Meg" Heap, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. They include:

• Aujawan T. Hymon, 21, of Savannah, sentenced to 41 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and fined $1,200 after pleading guilty to Illegal Possession of a Machine Gun. Savannah Police officers responded July 2, 2025, to the Oglethorpe Mall after gunshots were reported. Three people were wounded during the exchange of gunfire, including Hymon, who was seen by witnesses and on surveillance cameras carrying a pistol. The footage also showed Hymon discarding a gun in a mall trash can where investigators later recovered the weapon, a .40-caliber Glock Model 22, modified with a "Glock switch" to convert it into a machine gun. Hymon, who was on state probation, did not appear to have fired the pistol.
• Antonio Owens, 30, of Savannah, sentenced to 39 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Owens was a passenger in a vehicle stopped for traffic violations in June 2025 when Savannah police found a pistol in his possession.
• Ishaq Williams, 44, of Savannah, sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Savannah police officers found a pistol in a backpack belonging to Williams during a March 2024 traffic stop.

There is no parole in the federal system.

"Getting guns out of the hands of felons, and keeping illegal machine guns off the streets, is fundamental to making our community safer," said U.S. Attorney Heap. "We applaud the work of our law enforcement partners for their vigilance in investigating these cases."

The Savannah Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the cases, which were prosecuted for the United States of America by Southern District of Georgia Assistant U.S. Attorneys Makeia R. Jonese, Bradley R. Thompson, and Darron J. Hubbard.