Decatur murder suspect previously convicted of manslaughter, warrant says
A suspect previously convicted of voluntary manslaughter was arrested this week after he allegedly shot a man in the back of the head in a DeKalb County neighborhood, according to arrest warrants obtained Tuesday.
Brandon Hatton, 31, was booked into the county jail at around 7:45 a.m. Monday after he was apprehended at a Sleep Inn on Fairington Road near Lithonia, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. A Georgia State Patrol SWAT team assisted deputies with the arrest at the hotel, located just south of I-20.
On Jan. 28, DeKalb police were called shortly after midnight to the shooting in the 3300 block of Pressley Drive in Scottdale. The victim, 39-year-old DeAngelo Ivey, was already dead from a gunshot wound when officers arrived, police said.
Hatton, who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in DeKalb on Oct. 14, 2009, is accused of shooting Ivey once in the head with a Taurus handgun, according to the warrants. He also fired other shots and struck a person in head with the weapon, the warrants stated, though it was unclear if that was Ivey or another victim.
Authorities have not provided specifics on what led to the gunfire or how Hatton was identified as a suspect. The shooting occurred about a quarter-mile west of I-285 and near North Decatur Road.
Hatton is facing charges of murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon or first offender probationer, according to online records. He is being held without bond.
An investigation is ongoing.
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