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Neighbors on edge as crime moves closer to home



MEREDITH ANDERSON AND IM RICHARD ROGERS. WE BEGIN IN RICHMOND COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE JUST NAMED A SUSPECT IN A MURDER INVESTIGATION AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HIM RIGHT NOW.THEY BELIEVE MARCUS RICHARDSON WAS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING OF A 21 YEAR OLD MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND WEDNESDAY IN MEADOWBROOK PARK NEAR DEANS BRIDE ROAD... NEWS 12S BLAYNE ALEXANDER SPENT THE DAY TALKING TO NEIGHBORS IN MEADOWBROOK. AND MEREDITH THEYRE SCARED. ITS A NEIGHBORHO WITH A LOT OF KIDS A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WHAT THEYRE NOT EXPECTING IS A LOT OF CRIME. it was a lot of people around every single one, they was standing in their yards looking lookingAND DWIGHT GODBEE WAS ONE OF THEM. HES LIVED IN MEADOWBROOK FOR TEN YEARS AND SAYS HES NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THIS.the body was just laying right there, it wasnt covered, had no clothes on on21YEAR OLD ERIC PHILLIPS WAS FOUND IN THIS PARK WEDNESDAY. DWIGHT SAYS HES FOLLOWED OTHER RECENT MURDERS, BUT THIS ONE like six or seven houses from where i live live IS HITTING CLOSE TO HOME. HOME.im real concerned because its real close to me and a bullet dont know nobody. nobody.and parents here are concerned for another reason the park is right behind meadowbrook elementary school. school.you never know whos t here when theyre going to school. school.ITS WHERE SHAMARA ALLEN SENDS HER NIECE AND NEPHEW TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND MANY OTHER NEIGHBORS LIKE HER. IN FACT EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK SIGNS OF KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MANY OF THEM SPENDING TIME RIGHT HERE IN THE PARK. PARK.i take them out there to play. play.its sad that the kids cant come outside and pla because thats the only thing you have, you dont wanna keep your kids stuck up in the house houseNEIGHBORS SAY MEADOWBROOK IS ANREA WHERE PEOPLE LIKE TO SIT ON THEIR PORCHES AND WATCH THEIR KIDS PLAY BUT NOW THERES A SENSE OF FEAR. AND JUST WEEKS AGO ANOTHER MURDER IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS TIME BEHIND GLENN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL TWO BODIES FOUND BY KIDS HEADING OUT TO PLAY. PLAY.you cant walk up and down the streets or go to the grocery store or anything. anything.NOW PEOPLE ON THIS STREET ARE JUST LOOKING FOR A SENSE OF PEACE. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU ONE MORE LOOK AT MARCUS RICHARDSON AGAIN INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HE IS INVOLVED WITH THIS DEATH AND HES STILL ON THE RUN TONIGHT. NEIGHBORS WERE TELLING ME THE SOUND OF GUNSHOTS IS SOMETHING THEY HEAR ALL THE TIME IN THAT AREA SO ITS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAUSES TOO MUCH ALARM BUT ITS NEVER RESULTED IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM BLAYNE ALEXANDER NEWS 12.

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WRDW-TV - News 12 - Augusta,GA

AIRDATE: 07-22-2010
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meredith anderson and im richard rogers. we begin in richmond county deputies have just named a suspect in a murder investigation and they are looking for him right now.they believe marcus richardson was involved in the shooting of a 21 year old man whose body was found wednesday in meadowbrook park near deans bride road... news 12s blayne alexander spent the day talking to neighbors in meadowbrook. and meredith theyre scared. its a neighborho with a lot of kids a lot of elderly people what theyre not expecting is a lot of crime. it was a lot of people around every single one, they was standing in their yards looking lookingand dwight godbee was one of them. hes lived in meadowbrook for ten years and says hes never seen anything like this. this.the body was just laying right there, it wasnt covered, had no clothes on on21year old eric phillips was found in this park wednesday. dwight says hes followed other recent murders, but this one like six or seven houses from where i live live is hitting close to home. home.im real concerned because its real close to me and a bullet dont know nobody. nobody.and parents here are concerned for another reason the park is right behind meadowbrook elementary school. school.you never know whos t here when theyre going to school. school.its where shamara allen sends her niece and nephew to school every day and many other neighbors like her. in fact everywhere you look signs of kids in the neighborhood many of them spending time right here in the park. park.i take them out there to play. play.its sad that the kids cant come outside and pla because thats the only thing you have, you dont wanna keep your kids stuck up in the house houseneighbors say meadowbrook is anrea where people like to sit on their porches and watch their kids play but now theres a sense of fear. and just weeks ago another murder in another neighborhood. this time behind glenn hills middle school two bodies found by kids heading out to play. play.you cant walk up and down the streets or go to the grocery store or anything. anything.now people on this street are just looking for a sense of peace. we want to give you one more look at marcus richardson again investigators believe he is involved with this death and hes still on the run tonight. neighbors were telling me the sound of gunshots is something they hear all the time in that area so its not something that causes too much alarm but its never resulted in something like this. live in the newsroom blayne alexander news 12.



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