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Reward Offered For Arrests of Burke County Murder Suspects

Author Mary Liz Nolan
Jordan James Perkins and Jawuandre Kelly Wanted for Murder in Girard, Georgia

The Burke County Sheriff’s Office is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrests of 22-year-old Jawuandre Dimera Kelly and 20-year-old Jordan James Perkins in connection with a shooting that left one dead and four injured in Girard, Georgia in July.

Thirty-four-year-old Dereck Hilton of Sardis died after being shot in the 200 block of Claxton Road in Girard.  Four others were wounded.  Investigators said the shooting took place at an unlicensed bar and shot house, where multiple incidents had been reported in the past.

Both suspects are black.  Perkins is 5’8″ and weighs 135 pounds.  Kelly is 5’9″ and weighs 130 pounds.  Both are considered armed and dangerous.  Both will be charged with Murder and four counts of Aggravated Assault.

Any information can be forwarded to the Burke County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division at (706) 554-6633 or the Sheriff’s Office at (706) 554-2133

 

Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.

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