WRENS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A 31-year-old man has been charged in connection with The 2023 killing of a 19-year-old in Wrens.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office officials say investigators, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, have charged Jessie Louis Brown Jr., of Augusta, in the shooting death of 19-year-old Khia Shields.

The shooting happened on the morning of August 26, 2023 on Washington Street in Wrens.

Shields was sleeping in her mother’s home when a shot went through the wall and hit her.

He went into his mother’s room and said she had been shot in the chest.

She was transported to an Augusta hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Brown is being held in the Jefferson County Jail.

On the one-year anniversary of Shields’ death, her mother spoke of the outpouring of support, including the mayor and police chief Wrens, who were there.

Shareka Pitts, Shields’ mother, said: “It means a lot. One call, that’s it – get out and talk.”

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The pain hurts as bad as if it was yesterday.

“It still hurts. It still hurts to know that I have to wake up every day and not see her or talk to her. It’s still, it’s still a part. The painful memory is still painful to this day,” Pitts said.

There are still so many unanswered questions.