DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. - A Douglas County man once charged in a deadly Sweet 16 party shooting is back in trouble with the law.

What we know:

Twenty-year-old Chance McDowell, who previously faced murder charges in the 2022 deaths of Samuel Hill and Asian Hill before pleading guilty to a lesser obstruction charge, appeared in magistrate court Thursday to face new allegations.

Investigators say they found mushroom-infused chocolate bars, 20.3 grams of marijuana packaged inside a Mason jar, and a firearm in McDowell’s possession. Prosecutors also allege the case is connected to street gang activity, leading to an additional gang-related charge.

McDowell’s case has been bound over to Superior Court. He had received time served in the earlier case after the murder charges were dropped, but p

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