MONROE, Ga. – Two Covington youngsters face critical prices together with felony homicide after an incident that came about two weeks in the past.
The Metropolis of Monroe Police Division (MPD) introduced on Tuesday that it had arrested 17-year-old Laddarreus Tiller and 18-year-old Jatorian Ellis, each from Covington, for his or her involvement in a taking pictures that came about exterior of Newton County.
In keeping with the MPD, Tiller and Ellis had been related with a Might 6 taking pictures that resulted within the dying of Eitenne Boakye from Covington. The taking pictures additionally critically injured 23-year-old Jazaire Burgess from Monroe.
Sharon Swanepoel of The Walton Tribune reported that officers responded to a gunshot sufferer within the space of Lacy Road in Monroe the place Boakaye was discovered affected by his accidents. Whereas on the scene, Burgess was positioned by officers on the nook of Pine Park the place he was transported to an Atlanta space hospital.
Additional particulars relating to the motive of the taking pictures stay unclear.
Tiller and Ellis are charged with felony homicide, armed theft, aggravated assault, aggravated battery and possession of a weapon in the course of the fee of a felony.
“The Monroe Police Division wish to lengthen its honest gratitude to the Walton County Sheriff’s Workplace, Walton County District Lawyer’s Workplace, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Newton County Sheriff’s Workplace, and our devoted Monroe Police Division detectives for his or her teamwork, professionalism, and dedication all through the investigation,” the MPD launched in an announcement. “We’re pleased with our companies’ robust partnership and are grateful for his or her continued assist in retaining our communities secure.”
