Murderer gets life with possibility of parole

Jurors deliberated a little more than one hour before returning a guilty verdict on the man who fatally shot another man at the Shell Food Mart in Eatonton last summer.

Jury trial in progress for Shell Station murder

A murder trial is underway this week in Putnam County Superior Court with a panel of jurors hearing presentations by attorneys regarding the shooting death of 32-year-old Frederick Lamar Scott, Jr. of Eatonton.

UPDATED: Man shot, killed at gas station in Eatonton, suspect found

An Eatonton man was shot at the Shell Food Mart Sunday afternoon and later died at the hospitals, authorities say. The alleged shooter was in custody approximately 24 hours later. Putnam County Coroner Hollis Harrison identified the victim as Frederick Scott Jr., 32, of Chase Circle, Eatonton.