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Warrant: Man charged in death of store manager followed victims' van to home in south Bibb

The arrest warrant also says messages on the suspect's phone tied him to the shooting.

MACON, Ga. — The 40-year-old man accused of killing a store manager outside his home in south Bibb County was arrested after investigators found messages on his phone about the shooting, according to the arrest warrant. 

Terrell Mills was charged in the shooting death of Pinal Kumar Patel on Jan. 21 outside a home on Thoroughbred Lane. Patel’s wife and daughter were also wounded in the shooting. 

The arrest warrant says there is a video in which Mills' nephew describes how Mills’ crew followed the victims’ van before the shooting. 

Mills is currently being held in the Jones County jail. Mills was charged with felony murder and two counts of aggravated assault. 

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says more arrests and charges are coming. 

According to a Facebook post on the Jones County Sheriff's Office page, warrants have been issued for Terrell Mills and Shaun Mills, both of Macon. 

Since his arrest, another warrant was issued for Terrell Mills for Murder committed in Bibb County. His charges in Jones County include Home Invasion, several counts of Armed Robbery and Aggravated Assault, Cruelty to Children, Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. 

Similar warrants have been issued for Shaun Mills.

Our Criminal Investigations Division was hard at work this past month. On January 12, a home invasion occurred in the...

Posted by Jones County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, February 1, 2023

The post says Terrell Mills has been arrested three times, each time for violent offenses involving firearms. In 2003, he was sentenced to prison for Voluntary Manslaughter. In 2015, he was arrested again for Aggravated Assault involving a firearm. His third arrest came in 2019, again for Aggravated Assault involving a firearm. Mills is on parole supervision and was released from prison in September 2022.

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