DeKalb deputies arrest fugitive wanted in slaying

DeKalb County sheriff’s deputies said Friday they arrested a fugitive wanted on a murder charge.

Jerrell Deante Shorter was taken into custody as he left a College Park apartment building, the sheriff’s office said. He was wanted in the Oct. 22 shooting death of Dewayne Martin on Oakdale Road in Decatur, Deputy Cynthia Williams said.

Shorter was being held at the DeKalb County jail.