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Man charged with murdering his dad after standoff with Georgia deputies

By WSBTV.com News Staff,

7 hours ago

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A Georgia man has been arrested and charged with murder after his father died early Thursday morning.

On Thursday at 3 a.m., Lee County deputies responded to a shots fired call at a home on Smithville Road in Leesburg.

When they arrived, deputies heard gunfire coming from the home and then a standoff began. Eventually, the shooter, identified as 47-year-old Tommy Clinton Jones came out of the home and was then arrested.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation determined that Jones murdered his father, 69-year-old Tommy Lee Jones.

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The son is being charged with one count of felony murder and two counts of aggravated assault in connection to the death of his father.

Jones has been booked into Lee County Jail.

Anyone with information on this shooting is asked to provide tips to the GBI. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS(8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online .

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