District Attorney Keith Higgins announces that on December 12, 2024, Khyree Jamal Turner, 32, of Brunswick, Georgia was tried and convicted of three counts of Aggravated Assault, one count of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, and one count of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. The evidence presented at trial showed that on Mother’s Day in 2023, Turner went to the home of the victims and fired a gun at three individuals. Taja Brown, of Brunswick, Georgia, was struck in the leg by one of the bullets that Turner fired. In an act of self-defense, a second victim shot back.
During the investigation, the Brunswick Police Department recovered a .380 shell casing from the crime scene that the GBI Crime Lab later determined had been fired from a Glock .380 handgun that was recovered from Turner’s bedroom. When attempting to serve the arrest warrant for the shooting, law enforcement arrested Turner while he was trying to escape through a rear window of his home
On Thursday, December 19, 2024, Superior Court Judge Roger B. Lane sentenced Turner to serve 55 years in prison.
Senior Assistant District Attorney Bryan M. Roy, who prosecuted the case, commented that “Mother’s Day should be a day of love and joy celebrating the women in our community. Instead, Turner tried to resolve a petty dispute through an act of violence. These senseless acts of violence will not be tolerated. The District Attorney’s Office will prosecute gun violence to the fullest extent of the law.”
Members of the media with further questions may contact the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office at 912-554-7200.
