A suspect in a College Park homicide was tracked down at an apartment in northwest Atlanta last week, authorities said.
College Park police obtained a murder warrant for the arrest of 20-year-old Falou Mbake Sylla, the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said. When deputies arrived at the home last Thursday, they reportedly found a gun, cash and a stash of narcotics.
As a result, two men left the apartment in handcuffs.
The apartment, which was at an undisclosed location, smelled like raw marijuana, leading deputies to nearly 20 ounces of pot, the sheriff’s office said. In addition, deputies seized THC edibles, heroin, crack cocaine and ecstasy. More than a dozen scales, a gun and $420 in cash were also found, authorities said.
In addition to his murder charge, Sylla faces counts of possession of marijuana, theft by receiving and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, the sheriff’s office said.
The homicide took place June 9, but no other details on the incident were initially provided by police. AJC.com obtained an incident report through an open records request, which said the victim was 25-year-old Kendrick Reeves. He was shot and killed in the 3100 block of Godby Road.
Sylla’s roommate, 22-year-old Dominique Busha Benton, was also charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, trafficking heroin, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of ecstasy, the sheriff’s office said.
Credit: Fulton County Sheriff's Office
Credit: Fulton County Sheriff's Office
Sylla remains in custody without bond, while Benton was released two days after his arrest on a $50,000 bond, according to jail records.
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