On September 28, 2020, Douglas County 911 received a call about an intruder on Lake Filed Drive breaking into a home and attacking the homeowner. Kilpatrick Key was identified as that intruder who was known to the residents at that location. He had been served a Temporary Protective Order from the Douglas County Superior Court to restrain himself from being at that location or contact with any family member that lived there.
Key forcibly entered the residence and began stabbing the victim in front of minor children who were in the home. Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the residence.
The initial arriving Deputy entered the residence upon hearing the victim’s cry for help. Key fled the house and got into the Deputy’s marked patrol car as the Deputy gave chase out of the house, Key drove straight into the Deputy who was in the yard of the residence near the entry to the house. The Deputy was struck by the car and Key fled leading other arriving Deputies on a high-speed chase through the neighborhood and on Reynolds Road where Key crashed the patrol car and fled on foot. Key was subsequently captured near the crash scene.
Key is charged with 3 counts of Aggravated assault, 2 counts of Aggravated battery, Home Invasion 1st degree, Aggravated Stalking, Felony Obstruction, Interference with Government Property, Theft by Taking, Fleeing or Attempting to Elude, and three counts of Cruelty to Children in the 3rd degree. Key had a bond hearing on September 29, 2020 in front of Magistrate Judge Susan Camp who denied his bond. Key is a US Army Reservist with the 3rd Medical Command out of Forrest Park, GA.