By Makaylee Randolph Staff Writer ….

By Makaylee Randolph Staff Writer mrandolphadvance@gmail.com

Three men have been arrested and charged in the March 16 shooting deaths in Vidalia of Justin Godfrey, Iesha Wicker, and Wicker’s unborn child.

Kison Latrell King, 16, of McRae, Patrick Cornelius Hunt, 18, of Mount Vernon, and Jaquan Quashon Jerome Jordan, 23, of Mount Vernon were arrested on March 21, after a probe by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Vidalia Police Department pointed to them as suspects in the murders of Godfrey, Wicker, and Wicker’s unborn child.

At 5:02 p.m. on March 16, the Vidalia Police Department continued from page

responded to a report of shots fired near the intersection of East Jenkins and Epstein Street. When officers arrived, they found that Godfrey, 23, and Wicker, 18, both of Soperton, had been shot. The victims were driven to Memorial Health Meadows Hospital by others at the scene, and eventually both died from their injuries.

King is charged with two counts of felony murder and five counts of aggravated assault. Hunt is also charged with five counts of aggravated assault, along with two counts of malice murder, one count of feticide, two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, one count of armed robbery, and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Jordan also faces several charges, including two counts of malice murder, one count of feticide, two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, five counts of aggravated assault, one count of being a party to a crime, and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The case is still under investigation and more arrests are anticipated. If you have any information on the case, call the Vidalia Police Department Investigative Services Division at (912) 537-4123 or the Georgia Bureau of Investigation – Eastman Office at (478) 374-6988. Tips can also be submitted by calling the anonymous hotline at 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation website, or through the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

Jaquan Jordan

Kison King