New details emerge in murder of couple at Augusta mobile home park
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Arrest warrants reveal more details about the double murder of an Augusta couple and the arrest of a family member accused of the killings.
William Horne, 49, and Carol Horne, 52, were gunned down early Wednesday at their home in the 3000 block of Mystic Lane, located in the Butler Creek mobile home park. That’s south of Phinizy Road and North of Tobacco Road, about halfway between Mike Padgett Highway and Peach Orchard Road.
William Horne’s brother, Tony Brooks Horne, 46, was arrested on the scene.
He lived in the home with the couple, according to arrest warrants.
Deputies were called there at 2:37 a.m., and the victims were pronounced dead at 3:20 a.m., according to Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen.
According to the arrest warrants, Tony Horne discharged two projectiles from a handgun, striking the victims in their upper bodies.
18-year-old arrested in June shooting on Monte Carlo Drive
An 18-year-old has been arrested in relation to a shooting back in June, according to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.
Horne was charged with two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a firearm or knife during a crime and booked into Richmond County jail, according to jail records.
The shooting came as a shock to one shaken-up neighbor.
“I was just over there yesterday and they were fine,” the neighbor said Wednesday. “I’m really going to miss my friend.”
Another neighbor said she believed Tony and William Horne were brothers.
An autopsy has been scheduled for the murder victims, according to Bowen.
The double homicide comes just under a week after another shooting incident left multiple people dead in Augusta. That incident happened Nov. 21 in the 2100 blocks of B and C streets, claiming the lives of Jeremy Dontavious McGahee, 34, and Zyquan Jamarcus Franklin, 32, both of Augusta.
The shootings come amid a two-year outbreak of violent crime that’s claimed more than 180 lives across the CSRA.
Cities large and small have been affected on both sides of the Savannah River. But as the largest community in the region, Augusta has been hit especially hard.
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