PERRY, Ga. — Perry Police Department charged two people in the homicide of a 77-year-old man Saturday night.
According to a press release, it happened at Mason Terrace Apartments around 11:15 p.m.
When police arrived at the scene, officers discovered the victim, 77-year-old Willie Jacox, with multiple gunshot wounds.
Jacox was pronounced dead at the scene.
Reporting officers were informed of man and a woman seen quickly walking away from the scene.
According to the release, officers found the pair.
Their names are 19-year-old Cornelius Reyshawn Wallace Murray of Americus and 18-year-old Natajah Sincere Culpepper of Centerville.
After further investigation, police determined both subjects were involved in killing Jacox.
Murray is charged with murder, and Culpepper is charged with murder- party to a crime.
They are being held at the Houston County Detention Center.
Anyone with information in reference to this case can contact Detective Quridsha Gilliam at 478-988-2834 or Captain Heath Dykes at 478-988-2822
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