Police need the public’s help finding three men recently indicted on gang charges in a deadly double shooting in Canton.
Bryson Miller, Christian Johnson and Javon Reed were named in the April 10 indictment along with Darron Brown, Dayton Cochran, Brody Samples, Brooke Wotring, Byron Elrod, Jeremy Zellous, Brian Miller, Jamesly Baptiste, Temarlos Turner and Akilee Wilson.
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The indictment includes numerous counts of felony murder, aggravated assault and firearms offenses in connection with the June 25 shooting deaths of William Kendrick Randall and Tony Samples.
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Randall, 23, of Canton, was found dead in a grassy area near Crisler Street after officers responded to a report of multiple gunshots in the area. Samples, 26, of Ball Ground, died en route to a local hospital after he was found in the vehicle of Zellous. Samples is the brother of one of the men named in the indictment.
Authorities have not specified Miller’s exact role in the alleged crime. He is described as 5-foot-10 and 165 pounds with brown eyes.
“If you locate Miller or know his whereabouts, please call 911,” police said.
Authorities are also searching for Reed and Johnson, but their descriptions were not released. Wotring has bonded out of jail.
According to District Attorney Shannon Wallace, the shooting was the result of rival gang activity reported in the area in June and July.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office at 770-479-1488.
“Gang-related criminal conduct will not be tolerated in our community,” Wallace said. “And with the help of local law enforcement and the FBI, we will pursue this matter to the fullest extent of the law.”
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