Arrest warrants shed light on double murder in Augusta mobile home park

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – We have received the arrest warrants that shed light on a couple who were shot to death in their Augusta home Wednesday, the latest murder victim in an epidemic of violent crime that has lasted more than two years in the CSRA.

Thursday morning we received the arrest warrants for the suspect, Tony Brooks Horne, 46, of Augusta, who deputies arrested at the scene.

It all happened early in the morning at a home in the 3000 block of Mystic Lane, located in the Butler Creek Mobile Home Park. It’s south of Phinizy Road and north of Tobacco Road, about halfway between Mike Padgett Highway and Peach Orchard Road.

Tony Horne(WRDW)

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called at 2:37 a.m.

When they arrived, they found William Horne, 49, and Carol Horne, 52, who were pronounced dead at 3:20 a.m., according to Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen.

According to arrest warrants, Horne fired two projectiles from a handgun, striking William and Carol in the upper bodies.

Tony and William Horne are brothers who lived together with Carol, according to the affidavit.

Horne was arrested on charges of murder and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of a crime, according to deputies. He was booked into the Richmond County Jail.

The shooting came as a shock to a shaken neighbor.

Mystic Lane, site of a double homicide in Augusta.(WRDW)

“I was there yesterday and they were fine,” the neighbor said. “I’m really going to miss my friend.”

Another neighbor said she thought Tony and William Horne were brothers.

An autopsy has been scheduled for the murder victims, according to Bowen.

The double homicide occurs a little less than a week later another shooting leaves several dead in Augusta. This incident occurred on November 21 in the 2100 block of B and C Streets, claiming the lives of Jeremy Dontavious McGahee, 34, and Zyquan Jamarcus Franklin, 32, both of Augusta.

The shootings come amid a two-year surge in violent crime. cost the lives of more than 180 people across the CSRA.

Cities large and small were affected on both sides of the Savannah River. But as the region’s largest community, Augusta was hit particularly hard.