Teenager jailed on murder charges in double homicide at east Macon mobile home

A 19-year-old man was arrested on murder charges in the wake of a shooting that left two men dead inside an east Macon mobile home on Monday, Bibb County sheriff’s officials said in a statement.

The suspect, Jaives Jamal Fountain, was being held without bond in the county jail.

He was charged in the hours after the 4:30 p.m. slayings of Quinterious Hillman and Jerod Lester at Avalon Mobile Home Community off Jeffersonville Road about a mile east of the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park.

Hilliman and Lester, both 29, were found dead in separate bedrooms, Coroner Leon Jones said.

The circumstances of their deaths remained unclear.

When questioned by investigators, Fountain, of Macon, “admitted to being at the residence during the time of the murders,” the sheriff’s statement said.

Joe Kovac Jr.

The Telegraph

Joe Kovac Jr. writes about local news and features for The Telegraph, with an eye for human-interest stories. Joe is a Warner Robins native and graduate of Warner Robins High. He joined the Telegraph in 1991 after graduating from the University of Georgia. As a Pulliam Fellowship recipient in 1991, Joe worked for the Indianapolis News. His stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Atlanta Magazine. He has been a Livingston Award finalist and won numerous Georgia Press Association and Georgia Associated Press awards.