Hephzibah woman charged in shooting that killed man, injured woman

Constance Jenkins, left, is charged with killing Eric Council, right, on Carroll Drive in Hephzibah.

Date: September 16, 2024

A Hephzibah woman was charged Sunday in a weekend shooting on Carroll Drive that killed a man and injured a woman, according to authorities.

Constance Jenkins, 38, was charged Sunday with murder, aggravated assault and weapon possession. The shooting took place just after 11 p.m. Saturday, killing 37-year-old Eric Council and injuring a woman, whose name was not released.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and the Hephzibah Police Department responded to the shooting on the 2400 block of Carroll Drive, a dead-end street off Windsor Spring Road.

Council was rushed by paramedics to Wellstar MCG Health, where he was pronounced dead at 11:44 p.m. Saturday, according to Coroner Mark Bowen.

The female victim’s condition has not been disclosed. The relationship of Jenkins to the victim is unclear.

Jenkins is being held without bond at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center.

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Greg Rickabaugh is an award-winning crime reporter in the Augusta-Aiken area with experience writing for The Augusta Chronicle and serving as publisher of The Jail Report. He also owns AugustaCrime.com. Rickabaugh is a 1994 graduate of the University of South Carolina and has appeared on several crime documentaries on the Investigation Discovery channel. He is married with two daughters.

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