The GBI has arrested and charged Earl Wilcox III age 16, of Ocilla, Irwin County, Georgia with 1 count of Felony Murder and 1 count of Aggravated Assault in connection to the shooting death of a 14-year-old Marcaulen Downs.
On Monday, June 24, 2024, at about 6:50 p.m., the Georgia Bureau of Investigation received a request for investigative assistance from the Ocilla Police Department in reference to a shooting involving a minor on Frank Road in Ocilla.
Downs was taken to Irwin County Hospital for a gunshot wound & pronounced dead when he arrived.
Wilcox is being detained at a Regional Youth Detention Center.
This investigation is active and on going. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the GBI regional investigative office in Perry at 478-987-4545.
Once the investigation is complete, the case file will be given to the Tift Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.
