Suspect charged in shooting death of DeKalb man
DeKalb County police have arrested an Atlanta man in connection with the shooting death of a man in his car Sunday.
Dearies Favors, 20, was arrested Monday and charged with felony murder and probation violation in the death of DeMarco Booker, 18.
Police received a report of the shooting around 4:30 a.m. in the 2100 block of Vineyard Walk at the Vineyard Walk Apartments near Flat Shoals Road. When officers arrived they found Booker dead in the driver’s seat of a late-model Jaguar.
One witness told police he saw a man jump out of Booker’s car, then go around to the driver’s side to argue with Booker before shooting him several times, according to Channel 2 Action News.
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