Police Investigate Early Morning Homicide in Bolivar
By
Joe Sullivan
By
jsullivan@wbbjtv.com
Story Created:
Jul 17, 2012 at 2:54 PM CDT
Story Updated:
Jul 18, 2012 at 6:17 AM CDT
BOLIVAR, Tenn. -Bolivar police are investigating an homicide.
Around 2:00 a.m. Tuesday, officers responded to a call at a home in the 200 Sycamore Road.
According to investigators, Jamarcus Hurde, 27, was shot in the back after a barbecue. Officers believe Hurde was an innocent bystander in the melee.
Fabian Bills, 23, has been charged with second degree murder. Officials said charges are also pending against a woman whose identity has yet to be released.
Bills was arrested by police and sheriff's deputies at a Whiteville hotel where he was reportedly registered under a false name.
Debbie Jones is related to the murder victim and said the news came as a shock. "They called me, somebody called me on the phone saying he got shot," she said.
Hurde was a cook at the Route 64 restaurant in Bolivar. By all accounts he was an excellent employee.
Restaurant manager Diane Hill said, "Here he is a very nice person just as good as he could be. What happened we have no idea but here he did his job and got along with everybody."
