A third man is now in custody for his role in a Gwinnett County triple homicide that resulted from a drug deal gone bad, police said Friday.
James Lanier, 33, who had been on the run since the Feb. 29 killings, was arrested Thursday in Maysville, Ky., Cpl. Jake Smith with Gwinnett County police said.
Lanier will be extradited back to Gwinnett, where he faces three counts of felony murder, three counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime, one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one count of aggravated assault, Smith said.
Two others, Ernest Huff, 38, and Therone Green, 36, are already in the Gwinnett County jail, where they are being held without bond, Smith said.
The three are believed responsible for killing three men at an apartment on Cannonball Court near Lawrenceville. The three men killed were identified as Brian Lamont White, 36, of Richmond, James Edward Isiac, 64, of Richmond, and Farris Allen Weston, 44, of Lawrenceville.
The investigation into the crimes continues, police said.
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