Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

Second suspect arrested in deadly DeKalb motel shootout

Jerrell De’Ante Shorter
Jerrell De’Ante Shorter
By Raisa Habersham
March 9, 2018

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.

In other news:

The girl was hit in the back in the shooting.

About the Author

Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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