Man in custody after police found 2 men shot to death in SUV

Carlos Marques White. Photo: Fulton County Sheriff's Office

ATLANTA — A man is now in jail for Atlanta's first two murders of 2019 that rocked one local community.

Atlanta police announced Saturday that they arrested Carlos White for the murders of Quinton Porter and Frederick Parker on Lee Street in southwest Atlanta.

Porter and Parker were found shot to death in an SUV and investigators say White targeted the two men, who were his acquaintances.

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Channel 2 Action News was at the scene Jan. 3 as police investigated their deaths.

Channel 2's Audrey Washington saw a crowd of 100 people gathered before a fight broke out between family and friends at the scene.

White faces murder charges and remains in the Fulton County Jail without bond, according to records.