13-year-old charged with murder is one of two jailed in Warner Robins Walmart slaying

A 20-year-old man and a second suspect, a 13-year-old boy, have been charged with murder and aggravated assault in the July 7 shooting death of a Warner Robins man in a Walmart parking lot.

The shooting outside the store at 502 Booth Road, just south of Russell Parkway on the city’s east side, left 52-year-old Gregory Arnett dead in what was an apparent carjacking try, officials said. Arnett was shot as he sat in a parked automobile.

A Thursday statement announcing the arrests did not identify the teenager who’d been charged. The teen was being held at a Crisp County youth-detention center. The other suspect, Rickey Martin Jr., was being held without bond at the Houston County jail.

Warner Robins police said in a statement that the arrests “resulted from an arduous and thorough investigation,” though the statement did not elaborate.

This story was originally published July 15, 2021 at 12:40 PM.

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.