Tax commissioner candidate indicted in Millen double-murder case

MILLEN, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – We’re learning a candidate for Jenkins County tax commissioner has been indicted for murder and other charges.

In addition to murder, Shenice Thompson is accused of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm, making a false statement, hindering the apprehension or punishment of a criminal and tampering with evidence.

Tyrell Brown and Maxine Jones were shot to death in March, and authorities believe Thompson made a false statement in a homicide investigation and said she was at her mother’s house when the shooting happened.

News 12 spoke with Jones’ daughter, Deeari Grier, about her feelings and thoughts on her mother’s case.

“That day I was so numb to everything. I was shocked, and it just felt so unreal,” said Grier.

Grier was only a five-minute drive away from where her mother was killed.

Yet hours before that, it was a normal day.

“She came by my job and she was just talking to me and telling me that she was bored and didn’t have nothing to do,” said Grier.

But little did Grier know this was one of the last conversations she would have with her mom.

“I called her but she wasn’t answering,” said Grier.

It’s a night Grier says she’ll never forget.

“At first I didn’t believe she was gone but once everything happened, I just knew she was gone,” said Grier.

Now, four months later, the alleged suspect in the shooting is running for Jenkins County tax commissioner position.

“Trying to run for something that’s just crazy,” said Grier.

They also believe Thompson knew Raheem Whitfield committed aggravated assault and harbored him and concealed the gun.

She was indicted Monday.

Sheriff Robert Oglesby said Wednesday afternoon she was not yet in custody.

Whitfield, of Waynesboro, has already been arrested in connection with the March murder.

Brown, 28, of Garfield, and Jones, 48, of Millen, were shot dead just before 1:45 a.m. March 24 at the Annie P. Chance Veterans Center on Acorn Avenue, according to authorities.

After being notified of the shooting, law enforcement arrived and found Jones dead with a gunshot wound. Although Jones had no immediate signs of trauma, she was pronounced dead at the scene, as well, according to GBI.

A later investigation revealed a gunshot wound to her chest, according to Jenkins County Coroner Henry Young.

“They took a mother of eight kids, and her kids won’t be able to see her no more and it just feel so unreal,” said Grier.

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