Crime & Public Safety
South Fulton murder suspect captured in Mississippi
U.S. marshals with the Gulf Coast Task Force took Patrick Thornton into custody Thursday morning.
By Chelsea Prince
Dec 5, 2019A suspect in a South Fulton deadly shooting was captured in Mississippi on Thursday after two months on the run.
Patrick Thornton, 23, was identified as a suspect in the Sept. 28 death of David Jolley, according to South Fulton police. Jolley, 44, was found shot at a home on Demooney Road.
No other details about the deadly shooting have been released.
MURDER SUSPECT TAKEN INTO CUSTODY CITY OF SOUTH FULTON, Georgia (December 5, 2019): Mr. Patrick Thornton, ...
Posted by City of South Fulton Police Department on Thursday, December 5, 2019
U.S. marshals with the Gulf Coast Task Force took Thornton into custody Thursday morning. He will be extradited to Fulton County to face a charge of murder, police said.
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