One man is in custody after he shot and killed his cousin. On Tuesday at approximately 8 p.m. deputies responded to the 300 block of Nixon Chapel Road on a report of a person shot.
The investigation revealed that George Antwon Perry, 23, of Clyo, shot his cousin, Christopher Williams, 19, of Clyo during an argument. Williams was pronounced dead on the scene.
Perry turned himself in to Effingham County Sheriff’s investigators shortly after he fled the scene.
Perry is charged with murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, along with other charges. Perry is currently being held in the Effingham County jail.
An autopsy will be performed at the GBI Crime Lab.
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The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office, works toward creating a high quality of life in the community by actively working with citizens to reduce crime and the fear of crime and to protect the lives and property of citizens from criminal act or traffic mishap. In order to accomplish our mission, we will concentrate our efforts on cooperative proactive crime prevention measures, engage in visible and directed patrol to deter crime and traffic problems; to utilize human initiative, systematic and thorough techniques and available technology to identify, apprehend and bring to justice criminal offenders; to recover and return stolen property to victims as quickly as possible, to move traffic as safely and expeditiously as possible, generally provide assistance to citizens in urgent situations, and to provide the highest level of public service directed toward community problem solving. The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office will enforce the law in a fair and impartial manner, recognizing both the statutory and judicial limitations of police authority and the constitutional rights of all persons. It is not the role of the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office to legislate, render legal judgments, or punish. The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office serves the people of the County by providing law enforcement service in a professional and courteous manner and it is to these people that the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office is ultimately responsible.
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