An Augusta man killed himself late Sunday just moments after three sheriff’s investigators knocked on his door to serve a search warrant, according to an incident report.
The man was identified in the report as 31-year-old Cardell Thurman-Hodges. The nature of the crime being investigated was not released.
Three officers arrived at the 14th Avenue home just before 11 p.m. Sunday to serve the search warrant for a case they were investigating. Investigator Alex Haskins knocked on the front door and announced the officers’ presence multiple times, a report says. Haskins then tried to open the front door with a Halligan tool, which is made up of a solid steel bar with a claw or fork on one end, and a blade or ax and pick on the other end.
The three officers then “heard a single gunshot from inside the residence and a series of thuds,” the report says. “(They) relocated to the rear of the residence and made entrance through the rear door.”
They found the man in the hallway with a single gunshot wound to the head and a black handgun near his right hand. Investigator Haskins attempted to render aid until medical personnel arrived. Coroner Mark Bowen called time of death at 11:10 p.m. Sunday, the report says.
The sheriff’s office said the original report on the case they were investigating was not yet available and did not release the nature of the crime.
Thurman-Hodges was mourned online by friends and family, including Marcus Lee, who called him “the Real Spider-Man.”
“Sending prayers and love to his family,” Lee wrote. “Imma miss those times about who was the best Spider man villain. Imma miss seeing u outside banging on the walls at the scene or at the garden. Imma miss seeing u at Walmart running the backroom. Much love Brodie and imma see u when I get to them gates.”
Dee Breezy said Thurman-Hodges was the first to reach out when he didn’t have anyone to talk to. “I wish you would’ve called me bro we could’ve got through this together,” he said on Facebook. “You was the life of the party dawg. Your vibe was everything. You kept it real.”
Breezy also remembered Thurman-Hodges as a father who loved his children and basketball.
