AUGUSTA, Ga. – UPDATE:
Londell Thompson Jr. was sentenced to 20 years to serve for the 2022 homicide of Anthony Dewayne Colden III. He must also maintain good behavior for 50 years.
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UPDATE:
Thompson pleaded guilty on Thursday, January 23 to the following amended charges:
- Second Degree Murder to Voluntary Manslaughter
- Maliciously Shooting in an Occupied Building to Unlawfully Shooting in an Occupied Building
- Child Abuse
The victim’s family agreed to the plea agreement and possible charges.
Thompson could serve between 3 and 20 years behind bars for these charges.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The man wanted for a deadly shooting in Lynchburg has been arrested after nearly a year, according to the Lynchburg Police Department.
On June 1, 2022, officers were called to an upstairs apartment in the block of 4500 Golf Park Drive for the report of a shooting.
After arriving, officers discovered that 25-year-old Anthony Colden II had been shot and killed, as we previously reported.
LPD was searching for Londell Henry Thompson, Jr., who was wanted on the following charges:
- Second-degree murder
- Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony
- Reckless handling of a firearm
- Discharge of firearm within city limits
After nearly a year of seaThompson was arrested in Augusta, Georgia on May 2, 2023, by the U.S. Marshals Service, according to LPD.
Police said he is now being held in Georgia, pending extradition to Virginia.