Authorities apprehended a suspect in a Cobb County shooting that killed two people, including a young mother, and badly injured a third. A guy is in custody under suspicion of killing two individuals and injuring a third at a Cobb County apartment complex.
Lester Piercefield was apprehended on Tuesday by Cobb County police, with the assistance of Paulding County Sheriff’s officers and the U.S. Marshall Fugitive Task Force.
Piercefield is accused of killing Lena Wolfe, a mother of three, at the Premier Apartments in Austell on Monday morning.
Another victim Jeremy Davis was also assassinated. Yolanda Spiller, the third victim, survived.
Lester Piercefield Arrested For Shooting In Cobb County, Georgia
Lester Piercefield is the guy wanted in connection with a triple shooting at an Austell apartment complex on Monday. He is charged and has been arrested for killing two people and badly injuring one.
Piercefield was apprehended on Tuesday with the assistance of the Paulding County SWAT team, according to Cobb County police.
The gunshot occurred just before 4:20 a.m. on Monday at 400 Westwood Place, within the Premier Apartments in Austell.
Officers discovered the bodies of Jeremy Davis, 27, of Carrollton, and Lena Wolfe, 24, of Austell.
Police said a second lady, Yolanda Spiller, 36, of Austell, received a gunshot wound and was flown to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition. Spiller is likely to recover from her injuries.
According to the arrest warrants, Call and Piercefield aided someone who “had committed the felony of murder with the goal of assisting the offender to avoid the repercussions of the act.”
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Is Lester Piercefield In Prison? Georgia Cobb County Shooting Suspect Sentence
Lester is detained on suspicion of shooting and murdering two people and injuring a third at a Cobb County apartment, according to WSB-TV.
Jeremy Davis and another victim were also shot and murdered. Yolanda Spiller was shot but survived. Spiller is the only witness, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Cobb police spokeswoman Shenise Barner informed the AJC that no motive had been determined.
The murdered mother left behind three children, including a 5-month-old newborn. On Tuesday, friends and relatives gathered to donate diapers, clothing, and food.
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Lester Piercefield Is Charged With Murder
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division charged two people in a double homicide case that occurred in Townville last month.
According to 7 News, Anderson County deputies and fire personnel responded to a fire at a camper on Cedar Grove Road on August 22.
Billy Ray Johnson, 57, and Amy Jo Lambert, 30, were found shot to death inside the burning camper, as per the Anderson County Coroner’s Office.
Lester IV, aged 26, of Anderson, and Payton Skylar Call, 20, of Anderson, were arrested on Interstate 85 in Hart County, Ga. on Aug. 23.
During the traffic check, the two were discovered to be in possession of cocaine as well as a stolen pistol, which is thought to be the weapon used in the double killing.
Piercefield and Call were then designated as persons of interest in the case, and the SLED launched an investigation.
SLED charged Piecefield and Call with accessory after the fact to crime or murder on September 4.
According to Anderson County Sheriff’s Office officials, both have been denied bond.
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