Monday June 16th, 2025 5:44AM

Man charged in death of brother-in-law days after leaving VA hospital

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MCRAE - A man who had just been treated for mental problems hitchhiked to rural south Georgia and is now charged in the shooting death of his brother-in-law. <br> <br> 22-year-old James Creamer traveled to his hometown of McRae after he was released from a transition program for homeless military veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in Augusta. <br> <br> McRae Police Chief Ken Wilcox says Creamer got a gun from his father&#39;s house and then went to his mother&#39;s house. <br> <br> Wilcox says he began shooting randomly and hit his brother-in-law Cecil Vaughn 15 times. <br> <br> Wilcox says Creamer also beat his mother after chasing her around the house and attacked his wife before leaving. <br> <br> He has been charged with assault in those cases.
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