A Stone Mountain man was arrested late Tuesday after police say he shot and killed a squatter in front of others inside a DeKalb County home.
Authorities are not sure what led DeMarcus Conley, 28, to fatally shoot 25-year-old Jereme Posten, DeKalb County police spokeswoman Shiera Campbell said.
The shooting occurred in the 900 block of Rowland Road in Stone Mountain. Conley stays roughly a minute away from the crime scene.
“The victim and other people were living in the house where the homicide occurred,” Campbell told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Apparently, they were squatting in the home, (which) was fully furnished.”
Posten was found lying on the floor with several gunshot wounds.
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A man and a woman, who told police she was Posten’s sister, were detained by police, according to a DeKalb County police report.
It is not known how long the squatters had been in the home before the shooting.
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