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Registered sex offender arrested for murder - while re-registering as a sex offender

Hussan Karim Chester, 34, was wanted for murder.
Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff's Office

DECATUR, Ga. — Police say a registered sex offender was trying to re-register with authorities when they arrested him for another crime. 

Authorities say Hussan Karim Chester went to the Gwinnett County Sex Offender's Unit Tuesday when authorities arrested him on a warrant for felony murder. 

According to the warrant issued on Feb. 24, the 34-year-old shot a woman in the head on Feb. 22, at a home off Meadow Glen Village Lane. No motive was given. 

Authorities took Chester to the DeKalb County Jail without incident.

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