DeKalb Thanksgiving Eve Murder Suspects Arrested

DECATUR, GA -- DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested two suspects in the murder of a man at a Citgo gas station in Lithonia on the eve of Thanksgiving Day. Arrest warrants for both suspects allege the victim, Traveon Quandarius Smith, 20, was lured out of a vehicle by one of the suspects at a gas station at 301 North Stone Mountain Road in Lithonia. Smith was then shot multiple times in the back and head. Warrants say that surveillance video recorded the incident.

An arrest warrant was issued on November 23, 2018 charging 24 year-old Monty Marquies Nelson of Stone Mountain with Felony Murder. An arrest warrant issued on November 24, 2018 charged 35 year-old Richard S. Pierre-Hayes of Stone Mountain with Felony Murder.

Investigators from the DeKalb Sheriff’s Fugitive and S.W.A.T. Units located and arrested Nelson and Pierre-Hayes without incident at their homes today. Both suspects are in custody at the DeKalb County jail.

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