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Cops: Man shot victim ‘several times,’ left him for dead in DeKalb road

Nathan Antonious Jones

Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff's Office

Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff's Office

Nathan Antonious Jones
By Raisa Habersham
Nov 7, 2018

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Decatur man Wednesday, two weeks after authorities allege he shot a man several times and left him for dead in the middle of a DeKalb County road.

Nathan Antonious Jones, 18, of Decatur, was booked in the DeKalb County jail on a murder charge, according to online jail records. He was arrested at a College Park home, DeKalb sheriff's office spokeswoman Cynthia Williams said.

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On Oct. 21, DeKalb police found Jordan Gratton, 20, with multiple gunshot wounds in the Woodland Cove neighborhood.

Witnesses said they heard five or six gunshots and a loud bang as at least two cars sped away from the Flakes Mill Road home. A resident told police his mailbox and a neighbor’s were left on the ground.

He then saw Gratton’s body in the middle of the street.

A motive in the shooting has not been released.

In other news:

The incident happened outside a Brookhaven gas station

About the Author

Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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