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Eric Thompson

Case from Lavonia, GA dated Aug 18, 2025

Victim Details

Eric Thompson

Male

Black / African American

Lavonia

GA

2025-08-18

31

Eric

Thompson

07/15/2026

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The morning of August 18, 2025, began as any other at the Clear Creek Apartments in Lavonia, Georgia, but the calm was shattered by the sound of a gunshot. At approximately 8:53 a.m., Lavonia Police were dispatched to the apartment complex on Clubhouse Way after receiving a report of a person shot. Inside an apartment in the 200 building, officers made a grim discovery; a man, identified as 31-year-old Eric Legrand “EJ” Thompson Jr., was found deceased from a gunshot wound. Eric, a Black/Afr ...
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  • WYFF: Shooting at local apartment complex leaves one dead; suspect arrested
  • WNEG: Lavonia Police arrests Suspect in Clear Creek Apartment Murder - WNEG
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