Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Police Arrest Suspect in Decatur Killing

Shortly after the killing, the suspect arrived at Grady Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound.

Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office

DeKalb County police believe that a man who arrived at Grady Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound shortly after the killing of a man in unincorporated Decatur is responsible for that man’s death.

Taron Turner, 19 was charged with murder on Monday for the death of 17-year-old Edwin Baker in what police believe was a drug-related altercation, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Baker was found dead outside the Spring Valley Apartment Homes on Saturday morning, with Turner arriving at the hospital a short time later with a gunshot wound to his abdomen, police spokesman S.R. Fore tells Patch.

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Police believe Baker shot Turner before he himself was killed; Fore tells Patch that investigators were able to place Turner at the scene of the killing.

Turner remains hospitalized in stable condition, Fore says.

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