SOCIAL CIRCLE — Police have charged a 19-year-old Athens man with murder in the investigation into a double-homicide last month in social circle.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Tommy Charles Webb, Jr. was charged with murder. He was in the Clarke Co. jail for a parole violation. The investigation remains active and ongoing.
According to investigators, preliminary information indicates that Social Circle Police Officers responded to Thurman Baccus Road May 15 for a report of two individuals found on the road. Upon arrival, officers discovered a man and a woman both with apparent gunshot wounds.
The victims were identified as 27-year-old James Robert Evans and 32-year-old Jaymine Whitlock.
Emergency Medical Services were called to the scene, but both individuals were pronounced dead at the scene.
Thom Chandler
Thom Chandler is the editor of The Georgia Sun and has been writing, editing and managing websites and blogs since 1995. He is a lifelong Georgian and one of those increasingly rare Atlanta natives.
