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Brian Parks

Case from Thomson, GA dated Oct 18, 2016

Victim Details

Brian Parks

Male

Black / African American

Thomson

GA

2016-10-18

18

Brian

Parks

07/14/2026

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In the fall of 2016, a young man's life was cut short in Thomson, Georgia, leading to a homicide investigation that would ultimately see another man sentenced to life in prison. The victim was 18-year-old Brian Matthew Parks.

On the evening of Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at an apartment complex in Thomson, Brian Parks was fatally shot. The shooting occurred inside an apartment where Parks had been living with the man who would eventually be convicted of his murder, Brian Atkins Jr. In the ...
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  • Three arrested in connection to deadly shooting in Thomson - WRDW
  • Atkins sentenced to life in shooting death of Brian Parks
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