27-01-2025
2 suspects arrested, charged with murder in shooting death of Athens man last April
The Athens Clarke County Police have arrested two suspects in the shooting death of a man last year.
Police say 24-year-old Jutaraz Morton, of Winder, and 25-year-old Timia Cobbs, of Athens, were arrested Wednesday on malice murder, felony murder and two counts of aggravated assault charges in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Nigel Zachariah Turner.
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Morton is also charged three counts of possession of a firearm/knife during the commission of 'certain felonies.'
Police say on April 17 of last year at approximately 11 p.m. ACCPD responded to a report of a shooting in the 100 block of Huntington Road.
That is when they found Turner dead from a gunshot wound. A second victim who was also shot suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
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Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Harrison at 762-400-7361 or via email at
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