- Raekwon Pauldo is alleged to have shot Jacquell Smith twice in the head
- Police chief says argument went fro ‘0-100’ a matter of seconds over nothing
- At one point they were arguing about forgiveness, said the chief Tim Chatman
- Smith pronounced dead at local hospital, Pauldo quickly identified as suspect
The friend of a college student has been charged with his murder after he shot him in the head following an argument about the Bible.
Raekwon Pauldo, 21, is alleged to have shot 20-year-old Jacquell Smith twice in the head, 21, is alleged to have shot 20-year-old Jacquell Smith twice in the head in a home in Dublin, Georgia.
Dublin police chief Tim Chatman said the friends, who have known each other for a long time, got into an argument.
Jacquell Smith was shot twice in the head at a property in Dublin, Georgia
‘As a result of that argument, one of the gentlemen just shot him – shot him in the head twice,’ he said.
Chatman told WXIA ‘at one point in time, they were arguing over the Bible, about forgiveness and then that turned to something else.’
Smith was taken to Fairview Park Hospital where he was pronounced dead and Chatman said police quickly identified and arrested Pauldo as the suspect
Smith was a young man ‘trying to get a college education’ but lost his life in a ‘senseless’ act of violence said police chief Tim Chatman
‘He was a college student trying to get an education. He was in a house,’ said the police chief.
‘They all knew one another. ‘In fact, there were some parents there, and it went from 0 to 100 in a matter of seconds over nothing.
‘You have a young man who’s trying to get a college education, lost his life by the hands of a friend and it doesn’t make sense, these senseless acts of violence we’re seeing all over our country that we’re killing one another like flies.’