By Gordon Byrd
Jun 9, 2021
WINTER HAVEN Polk Sheriff Grady Judd says his detectives have arrested two 16-year-olds in the murder of a 17-year-old who was trying to make a drug deal in a Bartow park.
17-year-old Taigur Taguri was shot to death Monday night at a park near the Bartow Airport. Judd says the suspects were found at a home on Gause Street, not far from the scene of the shooting. Both are charged with first degree murder. One attends Bartow High, the other Fort Meade High.
Judd says they found a 9 millimeter Glock at one of the teen s houses, belonging to the suspected shooter. FDLE quickly connected the gun to casings found at the scene. The serial number doesn t check as stolen, but Judd thinks it was stolen.
By Gordon Byrd
Jun 9, 2021
WINTER HAVEN Polk Sheriff Grady Judd says his detectives have arrested two 16-year-olds in the murder of a 17-year-old who was trying to make a drug deal in a Bartow park.
17-year-old Taigur Taguri was shot to death Monday night at a park near the Bartow Airport. Judd says the suspects were found at a home on Gause Street, not far from the scene of the shooting. Both are charged with first degree murder. One attends Bartow High, the other Fort Meade High.
Judd says they found a 9 millimeter Glock at one of the teen s houses, belonging to the suspected shooter. FDLE quickly connected the gun to casings found at the scene. The serial number doesn t check as stolen, but Judd thinks it was stolen.
Food, gas giveaway being held at Hinesville service station Friday
Food, gas giveaway at Hinesville service station on Friday By Amanda Aguilar | January 28, 2021 at 7:30 PM EST - Updated January 29 at 6:43 AM
LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - After a carjacking and deadly shooting in Hinesville last week, a local pastor is hoping to bring positivity to where the tragic events happened.
Hinesville police say a woman was shot and killed at a convenience store on the corner of Memorial Drive and Gause Street on Jan. 20. Investigators say the suspect, who later turned himself in, ran across the street to Liberty Prayer Church and carjacked a woman outside.