16-year-old sought for murder in shooting death of alleged accomplice in burglary
Authorities identified a 16-year-old as the killer of a Macon man during a botched burglary Monday.
Bibb County sheriff’s deputies are looking for Aurie Mathis after investigators determined that the teen was with James Robert Young Jr. when he was shot in the head on Bradstone Circle.
Mathis, who is believed to be related to Young, is 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs about 140 pounds and could be carrying a gun.
An arrest warrant has been signed charging Mathis with felony murder.
Just before 10 a.m. Monday, Young was fatally wounded in the head while he and an accomplice burglarized a house in east Bibb County off Millerfield Road.
The woman who lives there heard the doorbell ring, then the sound of the front door being kicked in.
When she confronted the pair of burglars, Young dropped a big screen TV and began to run away with his partner, whom deputies identified as Mathis.
On the way out, Mathis allegedly fired a shot back at the house and hit Young, who has a criminal history that includes burglary and theft.
Anyone who has information about Mathis’ whereabouts is urged to call the sheriff’s office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 877-68-CRIME.
Liz Fabian: 478-744-4303, @liz_lines
This story was originally published June 22, 2017 at 4:57 AM with the headline "16-year-old sought for murder in shooting death of alleged accomplice in burglary."