A man already serving prison time in Tennessee was given a longer sentence after being found guilty of killing his mother’s longtime boyfriend in DeKalb County, officials announced Thursday.
Victor Parson, 33, was convicted of two counts of murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in the 2019 shooting. He was sentenced April 27 to life in prison, plus 15 years.
On April 14, 2019, Parson went to the Orchard Walk apartments along Flat Shoals Parkway with his girlfriend to see his mother and her boyfriend, Timothy Felt, DeKalb District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Lisa Myers said. His mother and Felt, 57, had been together for 15 years.
After the visit, Parson and his girlfriend planned to return to their home in Knoxville. But when gunshots rang out inside the apartment, those plans changed.
Credit: Tennessee Department of Corrections
Credit: Tennessee Department of Corrections
The gunfire came from a bedroom, where Parson’s mother found her son standing behind Felt’s recliner with a gun in his hand, Myers said. Felt had been shot five times.
When the woman tried to get the gun from Parson, Myers said he shot at the victim two more times. Felt died from his injuries.
Parson then drove 250 miles to Tennessee in his mother’s vehicle before Knoxville police said they spotted the car. The vehicle and Parson were tied to the shooting of a woman and toddler 12 hours after the incident in DeKalb, according to Knoxville police.
Officers began chasing Parson after an attempted traffic stop, the department said. He allegedly hit a 13-year-old boy on a scooter while fleeing.
Parson was arrested a day later in an east Knoxville neighborhood after a tip from a resident, according to police. He was charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder and aggravated assault in the Tennessee incident.
He is serving 20 years at the West Tennessee State Penitentiary, Department of Corrections records show. His life sentence in Georgia will run consecutive to his Tennessee sentence.
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