A teenager wanted in connection with a deadly weekend fight in a Gwinnett County subdivision is thought to have been the trigger man, according to Channel 2 Action News. Two DeKalb County high school athletes also face murder charges in the case.
Gwinnett police are searching for Corey Leemarce Bryant, 18, of Lithonia, who was charged with murder and armed robbery in the shooting death of 19-year-old Jacquorrius Madison, Cpl. Michele Pihera said.
Joshua Donnell Cook and Terrance Elisha Thornton, both 17 and from Stone Mountain, are already in the county jail on similar charges.
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Thornton, a Chamblee Charter High School varsity baseball player, was arrested Sunday, Pihera said. Cook, a standout football player at Arabia Mountain High School, was arrested Monday afternoon. They appeared in court together Tuesday.
“This is a deeply disturbing case involving four young men who were at the beginning of their adult lives,” Pihera said. “There is no peaceful resolution to the conclusion of this criminal investigation.”
According to police, officers responded to the 4600 block of Grove Lake Street about 5:50 p.m. Saturday after witnesses reported a group of teenagers fighting in the parking lot of the neighborhood’s swim and tennis area.
When police arrived, they found Madison suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died.
Friend Isiah Coppin told Channel 2 Action News he was standing close enough to see Madison get shot in the chest. He said he, Madison and another man were selling marijuana to someone they didn’t know and a fight broke out.
Pihera previously said Thornton drove the getaway car.
“On one side, you have a family grieving the loss of a 19-year old,” Pihera said. “And, at the other end are three families trying to understand how their teen could be involved in such a crime. A young person lost his life while the other three are facing a lifetime of imprisonment for one very serious criminal act.”
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