A Union City man accused of shooting another man three times in August avoided arrest for more than three weeks, according to Atlanta police.
When Vernon Young was arrested, it was at the home of his mother: Union City councilwoman Christina Hobbs. Investigators knocked on the door of the home Sept. 15, surprising Hobbs, according to a police report.
“She was advised that her son had active warrants for aggravated assault,” the report states. “When asked, Ms. Hobbs did confirm her son was inside.”
In a loud voice Hobbs asked the officers, “Do you know who I am?” the report states. “Call the chief, call everybody.”
Officers had an arrest warrant for Young, who came out of the house and was placed in handcuffs, according to police. He’s believed to be the gunman in an Aug. 21 shooting in Atlanta, police said.
A DeKalb County man told investigators he had been shot while inside his vehicle at K&K Soul Food on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway. He said he knew the man who shot him worked at a gas station across the street and drove a black Chevrolet Impala, according to police. After being shot three times in the pelvic area, the man drove himself to Emory University Hospital Midtown and was later taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he was stable two days later.
After identifying the suspect as Young, officers secured arrest warrants for him. Young’s Impala was registered to a home in Union City, and on Sept. 15, Atlanta and Union City officers went to the Eastshore Drive home to make the arrest.
Young was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and booked into the Fulton County jail, where he remains without bond. He was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, Young served time in state prison from August 2010 until May 2017 following convictions for aggravated assault, robbery and drug charges.
