2 Arrested In Craigslist Slaying Outside Carrabba’s: Smyrna Police

SMYRNA, GA -- Police in Smyrna on Wednesday arrested two suspects wanted in the slaying of a man outside a Carrabba’s restaurant, Patch has learned. The slaying, which occurred in broad daylight Monday during a meet-up to sell some shoes from a Craigslist ad outside the eatery in the 2900 block of Cumberland Boulevard, stunned the community.

Damien Akeen Scott, 22, of Decatur, and Vincent Diandrez Brooks, 22, of Jonesboro, are facing murder charges in the shooting that killed 26-year-old Mezaio Pickett, according to news reports. SIGN UP: To get notified of more Cobb County news like this, click here to sign up for the Smyrna Patch. Or find your Atlanta-area town here. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.

Pickett was in a white SUV with two others while making the Craigslist transaction, Smyrna police said. He died at WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center.

Smyrna police have been fervently investigating the case and solicited the public Tuesday to help them find the suspects. Law enforcement authorities have not said how they found Scott and Brooks.

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“Preliminary information suggests this was a Craigslist transaction that ended up going wrong,” Smyrna police Sgt. Louis Defense told local media.

There is no known relationship between the two people, police said earlier this week. A witness told the AJC that he was inside the restaurant when he saw what he initially thought was a car crash: He saw one victim lying in a ditch and two others in an SUV.

Police believe that Brooks was the triggerman and Scott an accomplice, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

Image via Facebook / Smyrna PD