A felon was arrested in connection with a Valentine’s Day shooting that left a man dead and a woman seriously injured at a Stonecrest apartment complex.
Javoka Shumaker, 44, was apprehended Tuesday at a Lithonia apartment and is facing charges of murder, aggravated assault and first-degree cruelty to children, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. A Georgia State Patrol SWAT team assisted DeKalb deputies with the arrest.
On Feb. 14, DeKalb police were called to the 2600 block of Embarcadero Drive in the Windward Forest Apartments community shortly before 6 a.m. after reports of gunfire. When officers arrived, they found a man and a woman with gunshot wounds.
The man, identified as Paul Wilson, was declared dead at the scene, while the woman was rushed to a hospital in critical condition. Police have not provided an update on her condition.
The sheriff’s office said the shooting happened in the presence of a minor.
Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office
Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office
Shumaker has been arrested several times in metro Atlanta over the past 15 years on charges that include aggravated assault, as well as drug and firearm possession, according to online records. He remains in the DeKalb jail without bond.
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