Suspect In Deadly Greensboro Shooting Turns Himself In

The man wanted in a deadly shooting in Greensboro has turned himself in.

The Greensboro Police Department announced on Facebook that 19-year-old Oscar James Bethune Jr. had turned himself in.

The GBI says Greensboro Police officers and Greene County Sheriff’s deputies were called Wednesday, around noon, to Chapel Street , where they found 56-year-old Thomas Griffin. He had been shot multiple times. Both men are from Union Point.

Here more details released by the GBI, which is leading the investigation:

On Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at approximately 12:00 p.m., the GBI was requested by the Greensboro Police Department to assist with a death investigation. At approximately 11:51 a.m., the Greene County Sheriff’s Office 911 Center received a 911 call regarding a male who had been shot on Chapel Street in Greensboro, GA. Greensboro police officers and Greene County deputies responded to the area and upon arrival, they discovered Thomas Griffin, age 56, of Union Point, GA deceased from what appeared to be multiple gunshot wounds.

The GBI has obtained an arrest warrant for Felony Murder for Oscar James Bethune, Jr., age 19, of Union Point, GA.

The preliminary investigation revealed Griffin was shot near on Chapel Street in Greensboro, GA by an individual in a white vehicle.

It is believed Bethune was driving the white vehicle at the time of the murder. The vehicle has been recovered and is being processed by the GBI. Bethune is last known to be on foot.

The GBI investigation remains active and ongoing. Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the Greensboro Police Department at 706-453-7555 or the GBI Region 6 office in Milledgeville at 478-445-4173. Tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS(8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.