PERRY, Ga. — A Perry man is in custody on murder charges after he allegedly killed his mother and stepfather at their apartment Wednesday.
According to a news release, officers responded to an apartment at 2350 S. Houston Lake Road around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday for a welfare check on a person who didn’t report to work.
When officers got to the apartment, they found a man and woman dead inside – identified as Rebecca Griffin, 46, and Kenneth Griffin, 42.
The apartment was secured and investigators were called to the scene.
Then, around 4:30 p.m., Perry officers responded to 710 Mason Terrace for a report of a man being attacked in the parking lot by another man with a baseball bat.
The alleged attacker was gone by the time they arrived, but investigators say he was the same man wanted for the two murders.
After that call, Perry Police responded to a 911 call at a Walgreens about a man matching the description causing a disturbance at the store.
Officers went to the Walgreens and arrested the suspect, identified as 25-year-old Anthony Shoffner.
He was taken to the Perry Police Department to be interviewed, and he was later charged with two counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault.
Autopsies at the GBI Crime Lab Thursday morning confirmed the manner of death for the Griffins as homicide.
It is believed Shoffner acted alone. Police say Rebecca was Anthony’s mother, and Kenneth was his stepfather.
No bond has been set for Shoffner at this time.
This story will be updated with that information when it's released.
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