Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

Police capture man accused of fatally shooting stepson in DeKalb

Demeriex Bownam

Credit: DeKalb County Police Department

Credit: DeKalb County Police Department

Demeriex Bownam
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July 27, 2019

DeKalb County police have arrested a 54-year-old man who allegedly shot and killed his stepson Friday afternoon.

Demeriex Bownam is accused in the homicide of 25-year-old Frederick White, who was killed inside his home in the 4200 block of Rue Antoinette Road in unincorporated Stone Mountain, DeKalb police said in a news release.

Bownam, who police considered “armed and dangerous,” disappeared after the shooting. He was taken into custody Sunday and was transported to the DeKalb jail.

In other news:

Police told Channel 2 Action News that officers were called to a home on Creel Road around 4:30 p.m.

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