DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested a sixth suspect in a deadly shooting at a homecoming afterparty in northeast Georgia.
Channel 2 Action News cameras were there as agents along with the FBI and DeKalb County police searched a home on Shadow Valley Court in Lithonia.
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The GBI confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that the search is connected to a shooting in Elbert County from Oct. 13 where a 15-year-old died and four others were shot.
The Elbert County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting happened during a homecoming dance afterparty for Elbert County High School. Three more people were injured, but not by the gunfire.
On Thursday, the GBI arrested 19-year-old Christopher Bell. He faces the following charges: murder, violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, aggravated battery and four counts of aggravated assault.
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Channel 2′s Michael Seiden spoke exclusively to ShaBrian Jordan, Bry’Shun Jordan’s sister, after Bell’s arrest.
“We really want to know why this happened,” said she said via Zoom. “They took a son. They took a brother. they took my son’s uncle. He was a good kid. Loved his family, love his mama, his siblings, sports, school, you name it.”
She says she is glad to see the case still moving forward.
“It means something because this is still closer to finding out who did what,” she said.
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Police booked Bell into the DeKalb County Jail before he is transferred back to Elbert County.
GBI agents previously charged the following five suspects:
- Jarquavious Scott, age 18, of Anderson, South Carolina, charged with murder, 4 counts of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act.
- Destanne Mathis, age 20, of Anderson, South Carolina, charged with murder, party to a crime, and violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act.
- Aanidras Parks, age 18, of Anderson, South Carolina, charged with murder, 4 counts of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act.
- Jerimiyah Hughes, age 19, of Anderson, South Carolina, charged with murder, 3 counts of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act.
- Desmond Latimer, age 18, of Anderson, South Carolina, charged with murder, party to a crime, and iolation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act.
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