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Tuesday,
November 9,2021
barnesville.com Barnesville, Ga.
30204
Fatal shooting mars party
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
A 27-year old Hampton
woman was shot to death
Nov. 5 at a party held at a
residence located at 210 Jack-
son Street in Barnesville. The
party was advertised heavily
on social media and offered
“free shots at the door”.
Gunfire broke up the party
at about 1:10 a.m. and, when
police arrived, they found
Shaniqua Penn unresponsive
near a garage door at the rear
of the home. Officers started
CPR and EMTs took over upon
arrival but Penn died at the
scene. Her body was taken to
the state crime lab for au
topsy.
The alleged shooter,
38-year-old Taurean Collier,
fled the scene. His car, a gray
2018 Dodge Charger, was later
found on Akins Street and
he turned himself in to chief
Craig Cooper about noon after
an intense manhunt.
Collier was charged with
felony murder. Additional
charges are pending. He
appeared before chief mag
istrate Paul Kunst Monday
morning and was denied
bond. Collier has an extensive
criminal record and is no
stranger at the local jail.
According to tax records,
the home where the shooting
took place is owned by Don
nie Frank Fletcher of Perry. A
sign on the front porch indi
cates it is occupied by Kevin
and Dorlisa Mitchell. After the
shooting, Kevin Mitchell, 35,
was charged with disorderly
conduct, keeping a disorderly
house and obstructing the
investigation.
A man who returned to
the scene looking for his cell
COLLIER
phone that was lost when he
fled the scene reported Penn
got caught in the crossfire as
Collier exchanged fire with
another partygoer.
BPD investigator Capt. A1
Moltrum cast doubt on that
account Monday morning.
“At this time, we are still
investigating as to whether
or not there was another
shooter. Shell casings were
found at the scene but all
were of the same caliber. We
have many interviews to sort
through. We have been told
many different stories of what
happened. Collier is alleged to
have had a small caliber hand
gun in his possession and
a handgun was recovered.
Ballistics testing will be done
on the gun and the shell cas
ings. The victim had a single
gunshot wound and she was
the intended target,” Moltrum
concluded.
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Crime scene investigation
Investigators from the Barnesville Police Department, the district attorney’s office and the GBI work the scene of a fatal shooting at 201 Jackson
Street in Barnesville Nov. 5. Shaniqua Penn, 27, of Hampton was found shot to death near a garage door at the rear of the home at 1:13 a.m. The al
leged shooter, Taurean Collier, 38, turned himself in later in the day after an intense manhunt.
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Georgia National Guard’s Trisha Walker promoted
KAY S. PEDR0TTI
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Trisha Walker of Famar County, who has
served in the Georgia National Guard for 19
years, has been promoted to FTC (lieutenant
colonel) and assigned command of the GNG
110th Combat Sustainment and Support Bat
talion.
The battalion is headquartered in Tifton
with other locations at Fort Gordon in Augus
ta, Kennesaw, Thomasville and Hinesville. FTC
Walker will be responsible for all locations.
A Famar County High graduate, she re
ceived a military scholarship to Georgia
Military College in north Georgia and then
earned a master’s degree from Georgia Col
lege and State University in Milledgeville. She
has a doctorate in public health from Walden
University.
FTC Walker, also a teacher at Gordon State
College, is married to Eric Walker, son of Bill
and Linda Walker of Milner, who also is a ma
jor in the U.S. Army Reserves. They have four
children, ages 10, eight, five and three. LTC
Walker said she also is embarking on a new
career, working with autistic children.
She is a registered behavior technician and
anticipates further study in applied behavior
analysis (ABA) to become a board-certified
behavior analyst.
LTC Trisha Walker (far right) is pictured with her husband Major Eric
Walker (U.S. Army Reserves) and their youngest daughter Dalia Walker.
Veterans Day
observances
are on tap
Ceremonies are being
planned for the observance of
Veterans Day here Thursday,
November 11.
The Trojan Battalion JROTC
will host a ceremony at 9 a.m.
at the Fine Arts Center.
The county-wide obser
vance will be held at 11 a.m. at
the Veterans Memorial in front
of the Barnesville library. The
keynote address
will be delivered
by Bill Lindsey.
Lindsey is a
1967 graduate of
Griffin High and
graduated UGA
in 1971 where
he was a distin
guished gradu
ate of the Army
ROTC unit there. He was com
missioned a 2nd Lieutenant
in the Army Medical Service
Corps.
He served two years active
duty at Ft. Stewart in Savannah
where he was promoted to 1st
Lieutenant.
Lindsey went on to the UGA
law school where he graduated
in 1976. Since that time, he has
practiced law in Barnesville
specializing in residential real
estate.
He is also a well known artil
lery enthusiast and has a Civil
War era cannon and mortar
that he enjoys firing.
Lindsey and his wife, Susan,
have two children and nine
grandchildren and live in John-
stonville.
After the observance, lunch
will be served at the VFW Post
Home on Old Hwy. 41 North.
LINDSEY
SHANNON TYLER
Ride to benefit
Tyler family
A memorial ride for Shan
non Tyler will be held Nov. 13
beginning at the Lamar County
sheriff’s office on Roberta
Drive. Tyler, a Lamar firefighter
and first responder, died of
COV1D earlier this year.
The ride is open to UTVs,
motorcycles and vehicles. The
fee is $ 15 per rider. No alcohol
or ATVs will be permitted.
The ride will be guided by
deputies and will be run en
tirely on pavement.
All proceeds will go to the
Tyler family.
For more information, visit
the Shannon Tyler memorial
ride Facebook page.
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