ATLANTA — A man has been arrested in connection to a double murder in Southeast Atlanta.
Rufus Weems, 62, was wanted in the deaths of Christopher Welch, 25, and Chloe Dowdy, 18, police said.
Welch and Dowdy were found shot to death in a home on Bromack Drive on June 3.
Police said it appeared the suspect and victims were acquaintances and were inside the home when it happened.
Weems was arrested by the FBI at an apartment in Jonesboro Friday morning. He faces murder charges and is being held at Fulton County Jail without bond.
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Christina Eaves is a good friend of Welch's. She told Channel 2's Tom Jones she was stunned when she heard the news.
"I was shocked. He was the last person I would expect anybody to bring harm to," Eaves said.
Eaves said she couldn't imagine Welch, a father of four, doing anything to make a person so mad they would want to kill him.
"He was such a caring, loving person. He would have given anybody the shirt off his back," she said.
Atlanta police said both Welch and Dowdy were shot in the head.
Eaves said Welch has kids and is the sole provider for his mother. Welch's mother said he has two boys and two girls.
Eaves said she can't believe he did anything to upset someone to the point they'd want to end his life.
"He just always had a smile on his face and he got along with everybody," she said.
Rufus Weems waived his first court hearing Saturday. His next court date is June 22.
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