DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A suspect is in custody after a 24-year-old was killed following an argument at a fast-food restaurant earlier this month.
DeKalb County Police shared on social media that detectives identified and arrested a man in connection with the killing of Kenyon Jones.
The suspect has been named as Jarrett Perkins. He faces murder charges in the case.
Officers responded to the Zaxby's along the 2300 block of Panola Road in Lithonia around 9 p.m. on Feb. 6.
Investigators said the victim got into an argument with someone inside the fast food restaurant, and when he walked outside, he was followed and then shot.
Jones was taken to the hospital, where the police said he later died.
On the night of the shooting, crime scene tape blocked off the restaurant as police conducted the investigation.
