A week after authorities arrested a U.S. Navy member accused of killing a man in a Stone Mountain motel shootout last month, DeKalb County sheriff’s deputies arrested a second man in connection with the gunfight.

Jerrell De’Ante Shorter of Ellenwood faces an assault charge after authorities say he fired a shot from a semi-automatic pistol into Ellis Beauford’s motel room window during the Feb. 23 incident, DeKalb sheriff’s spokeswoman Cynthia Williams said in a statement.

On March 1, authorities arrested Neenahjah Rae-Kwon Purvis on accusations he fatally shot Maliki Jawuan Holt, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported. Purvis had been wanted on a desertion charge at the time of his arrest.

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The girl was hit in the back in the shooting.

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Helen Gilbert places flowers on her brother Eurie Martin’s grave at Camp Spring Baptist Church in Sandersville. Her brother died eight years ago. Three former Washington County deputies are accused of causing his death and are set to stand trial Monday. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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