On the late afternoon of February 19, 2019, officers from the Thomson Police Department responded to a Boulevard Drive residence after a report of a shooting. Inside the home they found 35-year-old Norris McCord Jr, an African American male, who had been fatally shot. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation took the lead on the homicide probe alongside the Thomson Police Department and the McDuffie County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators identified 27-year-old Paul Jones Jr., also of Thomson, as the suspect and obtained a murder warrant. Jones was described as armed and dangerous for several days while authorities sought help locating him; he surrendered at the Department of Community Supervision Office in Thomson and was booked into the McDuffie County Jail on February 21, 2019. An autopsy was scheduled at the GBI Medical Examiner’s Office in Decatur to formally determine cause and manner of death.

Norris McCord Jr. was remembered by family and friends as a father and friend with a warm, positive personality. Does anyone in Thomson have information about the events on Boulevard Drive that afternoon?