A 27-year-old man was arrested Thursday for a fatal shooting in northwest Atlanta earlier this month.

Johnny Lanakki Farrington was apprehended by the fugitive unit on a murder warrant and taken to the Fulton County Jail, Atlanta police spokesman Sgt. Greg Lyon said. The charges against him include murder and aggravated assault.

Two people were found in a damaged vehicle when police were dispatched to the 800 block of Rock Street NW the afternoon of Jan. 2. The driver was dead from a gunshot wound, while the passenger was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital with back injuries sustained when the vehicle hit a sidewalk, police said.

Police identified the deceased victim as 23-year-old Elijah Edmondson of Cartersville.

No information about a possible motive has been released.

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A rendering of the columbarium memorial that is estimated to be completed by next summer or fall in the southeast part of Oakland Cemetery, officials said. (Courtesy of Historic Oakland Foundation)

Credit: Historic Oakland Foundation