2 arrested in Cobb man's shooting death

Two 18-year-olds have been arrested and charged with a Cobb County man's shooting death, police said Tuesday night.

Joseph Owens, 20, of Douglasville, was shot outside the West Chase Apartment complex in Austell around 10:30 p.m. Friday, according to police. Owens was able to run away before collapsing near a Marathon gas station on Six Flags Drive. He was transported by ambulance to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators identified two suspects in the shootings, and both were arrested Tuesday with assistance from the Cobb County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Marshals Service, according to Sgt. Dana Pierce with Cobb police. Both suspects are from Mableton.

Early Tuesday afternoon, Brandon Jamal Hindsman was arrested in the area of Community Drive in Mableton, Pierce said. Later Tuesday, Rayshawn Ramell Rouse was taken into custody without incident at a residence in Ellenwood.

Hindsman and Rouse were charged with aggravated assault and murder, Pierce said. Hindsman also was charged with armed robbery, Cobb County jail records show. Both suspects were being held without bond Tuesday night. Police did not give a motive for the attack.

Rouse has an extensive criminal history, including three arrests in 2011, according to Cobb County arrest warrants.

In November, Rouse was charged with battery for allegedly kicking a man in the face, his arrest warrant states. In May 2011, he allegedly battered a pregnant woman before locking her out of her apartment, according to warrants.