Gruesome details emerge on Augusta murder of 27-year-old mom
WARNING: Some readers may find these details disturbing
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Arrest warrants allege the young daughters of Augusta’s latest murder victim had to crawl through her blood to get help and then had to identify their stepfather – a man only recently paroled for another shooting – as the killer.
Davante Parks, 26, is now in custody in connection with the homicide that occurred Saturday in the 500 block of Hines Street in Augusta.
Arrest warrants allege he fatally shot Laquana Lang, 27, and left her children alone with her body for more than four hours.
The victim’s 2-year-old and 5-year-old had to crawl over and walk through the blood of their dead mother to get help, according to arrest warrants.
According to the arrest warrants released Monday, Parks shot Lang in the upper torso – and her children had to identify him to authorities as the shooter.
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The arrest warrants identify Parks as the children’s stepfather.
He turned himself in Sunday after authorities issued a notice Saturday that he was wanted in the murder case.
He was just released on parole on July 16 after doing time for shooting another woman on May 14, 2016, according to court records.
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The 2016 victim was shot in the right arm, right thigh, left middle finger and possibly her genitals, according to a report from deputies at the time.
In that case, he pleaded guilty (nolo contendere) to aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
Conditions of his parole included not having any with the victim of the 2016 shooting, any co-defendants or any street gangs along with no weapon use or possession.
He was paroled after being sentenced in 2018 to 12 years of confinement followed by eight years of probation for the aggravated assault charge and five years of probation for the weapon charge, consecutive to the sentence for the other charge.
Deputies say Parks broke his parole conditions with this latest shooting.
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Parks is being held in Richmond County jail on charges including murder, possession of a firearm or knife in commission of a crime, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and two counts of cruelty to children in the first degree, according to jail records.
Parks is scheduled to be back in court for an arraignment on Jan. 17.
Lang was found inside the home with at least one gunshot wound and pronounced dead around 11:06 a.m. Saturday, according to Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen.
The murder occurred around 4 a.m. but wasn’t reported until 10 a.m., according to an incident report from deputies.
The gun hasn’t been found, and authorities don’t know its make or model, according to an arrest warrant.
The shooting comes amid an outbreak of violent crime that’s claimed more than 170 lives in a little over two years across the CSRA.
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The crime outbreak has affected communities large and small, but as the biggest city in the region, Augusta has been hit especially hard.
Authorities have blamed much of the problem on gangs.
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