Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

Police: Suspect ID’d who said he ‘messed up’ after shooting man in South Fulton

John Paul Moore

Credit: Fulton County Sheriff's Office

Credit: Fulton County Sheriff's Office

John Paul Moore
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Sept 28, 2018

A 65-year-old suspect is in custody in connection with a fatal shooting at a South Fulton apartment complex on Thursday morning, police said.

John Paul Moore is accused of shooting and killing a man at the Westwood Glen Apartment Homes in the 1200 block of Fairburn Road, South Fulton police spokeswoman Ashley Minter-Osanyinbi said in a news release.

She said Moore called 911 after the shooting, stayed at the scene and told police “that he had messed up,” AJC.com previously reported.

RELATED: Second deadly shooting in 12 hours under investigation in South Fulton

Minter-Osanyinbi said Moore and the victim got into an altercation shortly before gunshots were heard at 8:27 a.m. Their relationship is unknown, although they weren’t strangers.

A person was shot and killed Thursday morning at the Westwood Glen Apartments in the 1200 block of Fairburn Road, South Fulton police said. (Photo: JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM)

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This shooting about 12 hours after another deadly shooting in the city, officials said. The two shooting are not connected, police said.

MORE: Police investigate deadly shooting at busy South Fulton shopping center

Moore faces charges of murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to jail records. He remains in the Fulton County Jail without bond.

In other news:

Decatur police said the driver responsible was taken into custody.

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