ATLANTA – Three men face murder charges in connection with a deadly shooting outside an Atlanta food mart.
Officials tell FOX 5 that United States Marshals tracked down two of the murder suspects to Michigan.
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The backstory:
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On the night of Jan. 17, officers responded to the 1000 block of Hollywood Road NW after receiving reports of a person shot. When they got to the scene, they found a man lying in the parking lot of a food mart with multiple gunshot wounds.
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Medical personnel arrived and pronounced the man dead at the scene. He was later identified as 18-year-old Jalin “Jay” Hammons.
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Witnesses told police they saw a dark-colored Hyundai Sonata with a CarMax tag leaving the area. The car had a broken taillight cover on the driver’s side at the time of the incident.
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What we know:
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Officials say on March 1, investigators found one suspect in Hammons’ shooting, identified as 19-year-old Jabral Rice, in custody at the Houston County Jail.
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Four days later, deputies and U.S. Marshals tracked 18-year-old Tremon Palmer and 19-year-old Damarion Benson to a location in Romeo, Michigan. Both men were taken into custody and will be extradited back to Atlanta.
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The three suspects are charged with murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, conspiracy to commit a felony, and tampering with evidence.
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What you can do:
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The investigation into the shooting remains ongoing. Anyone with information about the case is asked to submit a tip anonymously to the Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line at (404) 577-8477.
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The Source: Information for this story was taken from a press release by the Atlanta Police Department and previous FOX 5 reporting.
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