UPDATE: Suspect in shooting that killed Milledgeville woman in custody
The post thanked the “hard work of the U.S. Marshals.”
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Jones County Sheriff’s Office investigators have identified a suspect in the shooting death of a Milledgeville woman during a party early Sunday morning.
A post on the Jones County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page says authorities are looking for 26-year-old Jeremy Xavier Butts of Fox Hill Road in Milledgeville.
Witnesses weren’t forthcoming with information about the shooting during the initial investigation, but a “productive social media plea from Jada’s family and close friends” helped investigators come closer to understanding how Simmons died.
The shooting left 20-year-old Jada Simmons, a young mother, dead. Author: 13WMAZ Staff Updated: 11:47 PM EDT May 18, 2021
JONES COUNTY, Ga.
UPDATE, 6 p.m.:
According to a Facebook post from the Jones County Sheriff s Office, the suspect, 26-year-old Jeremy Xavier Butts, has been arrested by US Marshals in El Paso, Texas. -
The Jones County Sheriff’s Office needs your help locating a man wanted in the fatal shooting of a woman at a party in Gordon.
According to the sheriff’s office, the suspect is 26-year-old Jeremy Butts, of Milledgeville.
They say Butts was flown out of state immediately after the shooting, and are asking anyone with information to call police.