DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A 19-year-old from South Carolina suspected in a homecoming after-party shooting that killed a 15-year-old in Elbert County was arrested in DeKalb County on Thursday morning, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced.
The bureau said Christopher Bell, of Anderson, S.C., was sixth suspect arrested in the shooting that happened on October 12. In addition to the 15-year-old's death, four other people were shot and three others had non-shooting injuries in the incident.
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The shooting took place at a party happening after the Elbert County High homecoming dance. The GBI did not detail what exactly led up to the shooting.
The arrest Thursday morning took place at a home in Lithonia, and Bell was taken into custody at the DeKalb County Jail with extradition to Elbert County pending. His charges will include murder, violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, aggravated battery and four counts of aggravated assault.
According to an original GBI release from last week, five others have been arrested and charged in the shooting incident.
They include 18-year-old Jarquavious Scott,20-year-old Destanne Mathis, 18-year-old Aanidras Parks, 19-year-old Jerimiyah Hughes, and 18-year-old Desmond Latimer, all of Anderson, S.C.
All are charged with murder -- some of them as party to a crime -- and violation of the street gang act. Scott, Parks and Hughes face additional counts of aggravated assault, like Bell.
