Arrest made in double shooting near Lilburn

By Mike Morris

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Gwinnett County police Wednesday morning arrested a man for Tuesday's shooting near Lilburn that left a man dead and a woman wounded.

John Spink, jspink@ajc.com Police took away this man as a person of interest as Gwinnett County police investigated a shooting near Lilburn Tuesday morning, Jan. 31, 2012 that left a man dead and a woman in critical condition.

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John Spink, jspink@ajc.com Family and friends of the shooting victims gathered at the scene in grief Tuesday.

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The shooting happened shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday at a home in the 2000 block of Pucketts Drive, in a neighborhood off U.S. 78.

Officers responding to a "shots fired" call found Demarcus Collins, 29 and Monica Tamez, 32 with gunshot wounds,, Gwinnett police Cpl. Edwin Ritter said.

Ritter said both were taken to Gwinnett Medical Center, where Collins later died. Ritter said Wednesday that Tamez is expected to survive her injuries.

Wednesday morning, police arrested Jamell Richmond, 40, of Lilburn and charged him with one count of murder and two counts of aggravated assault.