17-year-old arrested, charged with murder in SW Atlanta gas station shooting

A 17-year-old was arrested Monday on a murder charge related to a shooting at a southwest Atlanta gas station earlier this month.

Marion Davenport of Atlanta was taken into custody in connection with a July 13 fatal shooting at a BP station at 516 Lee Street, according to an Atlanta Police Department announcement. Davenport was arrested by the APD’s fugitive unit at a different gas station at 1959 Lakewood Avenue, about five miles south of the location of the shooting.

When police responded to the shooting, they found a man dead at the scene with a wound to the chest, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported. Investigators were able to speak with a witness at the time in addition to gathering evidence from the scene.

According to Monday’s announcement, investigators obtained a murder warrant for Davenport on Wednesday, five days before he was located. He has been booked into the Fulton County Jail after he was interviewed by homicide detectives.

Officials have not released further information about the circumstances around the shooting or the identity of the victim.