A 13-year-old boy has been charged in the shooting death of his mother, a Navy veteran who was found dead in her home outside Warner Robins late last week.
The teenager, who has not been identified, was charged with murder and aggravated assault after being taken into custody Aug. 13, according to a Facebook post by the Warner Robins Police Department.
He made his first appearance before a judge Saturday morning at the Houston County Superior Court and is being held at the Crisp County Youth Detention Center, 13WMAZ reported.
Dominique Bowers, 37, was found dead after deputies responded to a report of shots fired about 1:30 p.m. Friday at a Bonaire residence in the 500 block of Adirondac Way, the station reported.
Warner Robins police said a person who is believed to be the suspect called 911 to report the shooting, and that officers apprehended the boy a short time later in the 300 block of Old Perry Road, less than a mile away.
Police have not indicated a motive for the shooting nor any other circumstances that may have played a role. No details were provided about the weapon that was used or how it wound up in the wrong hands.
Bowers’ Facebook page says she was from New York City and that she moved to Bonaire in March last year. She got engaged on Christmas Day 2019. She was a former builder petty officer 2nd class in the U.S. Navy. The page also says she had been studying psychology at Roanoke College in Virginia.
An investigation continues.
