A man who chased a thief from North Carolina to Atlanta was convicted of murder in Fulton County Friday, officials said.
Antonio Williams drove 213 miles and killed a man over drug money, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said in a news release.
During an attempted marijuana deal a few weeks before the attack, Martrell Gay stole $900 from Williams, Howard said.
Police found the 25-year-old shot in the face outside the West End Food Market at 812 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard on March 7, 2015.
Surveillance cameras captured Williams standing outside the store looking through the storefront window before he walked in the store and toward Gay, Howard said.
Inside the store, Howard said cameras watched Williams pull out a handgun.
The men were less than three feet away from each other when the Williams fired a single shot into Gay’s face, Howard said.
Gay stumbled out of the store and collapsed on the sidewalk, police said. He later died at Grady Memorial Hospital.
After police released video of the suspect, with distinctive blond-streaked dreadlocks, Williams was quickly identified by multiple people.
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A Fulton County jury convicted 28-year-old Williams and a judge sentenced him to serve life plus five years in prison.
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