Three men wanted on murder charges and a woman accused of vehicular homicide were arrested in a flurry of police activity in southern Fulton County between Wednesday and Thursday, authorities said.
On Thursday, the South Metro SWAT unit captured 20-year-old Jnecos Steele-Austin at a home in College Park, South Fulton police said. Steele-Austin was wanted on multiple warrants charging him with murder and aggravated assault in connection with a shooting in Vine City three years ago that left two teenagers dead, Atlanta police told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The day before, multiple felony arrests were made by South Fulton officers during a crime suppression detail, the department said. Among those arrested were Derek Pikes, who was wanted on murder charges out of Illinois, and Tina Morris, who is facing charges of vehicular homicide.
In an unrelated incident Thursday, a third murder suspect was arrested by Fairburn police. The suspect, who has not been identified, was also wanted out of Atlanta.
Steele-Austin was linked to a shooting outside a house party on Sunset Avenue in July 2020, police said. Four people were shot and two were killed: 18-year-old Raezion Boyd and 19-year-old De’yshun Clark. The other two victims were 17 and 18 years old at the time.
Two suspects with handguns left the scene before police arrived, a department spokesman said. Police said the party was taking place at a short-term rental property. The four victims were dropped off by a rideshare driver and met with gunfire as soon as they stepped out of the car, the spokesman said. The rideshare driver was able to speed away and avoid injury.
Steele-Austin also has an open case in Fulton, where he is charged with nine felony entering auto counts.
In the Fairburn arrest, an officer conducting traffic enforcement on Senoia Road saw a car aggressively accelerating and cutting off several other cars, nearly causing an accident, police said. The officer pulled the car over and found that the driver had an active arrest warrant on murder charges.
Atlanta police could not provide further details about that murder case because it is active and detectives are worried that sharing new information would jeopardize their investigation.
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