Suspects in Henry County triple murder appear in court

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. - Three of five suspects arrested in connection with the deaths of three people in Henry County appeared in court Friday morning. 

Police said late Thursday that they had arrested 22-year-old Jacob Kosky and 19-year-old Matthew Baker Jr., both of McDonough, and charged them with three counts of murder. 

Jacob Williams, 18, Kayla Head, 21, and Brooke Knight, 19, were also arrested and are accused of obstructing the investigation. 

The arrests came after a shooting left three dead and one critically injured inside a rural Henry County home early Thursday morning. The victims were identified Friday morning as Matthew Hicks, 18, of McDonough, Keith Gibson, 29, of Covington, and Sophia Bullard, 20, of Thomaston.

Kosky, Baker and Knight appeared before a judge Friday morning, where Knight was granted a $750 bond. Kosky and Baker will both remain behind bars without bond. 

Williams and Head have since been released from the Henry County jail, each on a $1,100 bond. They did not appear in court Friday. 

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Police received a 911 call around 2 a.m. Thursday about a shooting at a home on Moccasin Gap Road in the southern end of the county. Four people had been shot, according to police. 

“Some type of quarrel occurred at the location during some type of social event that they had gathered there that night,” said Henry County Police Captain Joey Smith. "They were friends of friends, acquaintances some of them more than others but they all knew each other.”

The fourth victim, a woman who survived, was said to be in critical condition early Friday morning at Grady Memorial Hospital, where she was earlier airlifted.

Jennifer Vickers, a friend of the woman's family said many are praying.

“As she continues on this journey there is a greater plan for her and that she will pull through this and all your thoughts and prayers will be very helpful at this time. Whoever out there did this, they know they did this, they know who they are, justice will be served,” said Vickers.

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