Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

Suspect in April homicide at SE Atlanta complex arrested by DeKalb deputies

Da’Shaun Malik Sutton, 27, was arrested by DeKalb County sheriff's deputies on charges stemming from an April 9 shooting death in Atlanta.

Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff's Office

Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff's Office

Da’Shaun Malik Sutton, 27, was arrested by DeKalb County sheriff's deputies on charges stemming from an April 9 shooting death in Atlanta.
By Matt Bruce
Aug 25, 2022

DeKalb County sheriff’s deputies on Thursday arrested an Atlanta man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting at a southeast Atlanta townhouse complex earlier this year.

Atlanta police assisted fugitive investigators from the DeKalb sheriff’s office to track down 27-year-old Da’Shaun Malik Sutton, who was taken into custody along Beecher Street in Atlanta, sheriff’s office spokeswoman Cynthia Williams said in a news release.

Sutton was booked into the DeKalb jail on a malice murder warrant that charges him in connection with an April 9 shooting in the 1700 block of Whitehall Forest Court. Investigators allege Sutton shot 32 year-old Xavier Cannada multiple times and killed him.

Sutton remains held without bond.

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