According to information released by authorities in Floyd County, Georgia, the son of a man shot and killed on Sunday evening – has been placed under arrest.
Derricus Ramon Whatley Jr., age 19 stands charged with aggravated assault, pointing or aiming a pistol at another, the discharge of a weapon on the property of another, a charge of reckless conduct, and the possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Police have issued warrants for the arrest of 20-year-old Stephano Green, in connection with the shooting of 40-year-old Derricus Whatley.
Authorities responded to Tolbert Street and North Avenue at around 5:50pm Sunday to what was first called into 9-1-1 as an automobile accident with an injury; however, when they arrived, they found the elder Whatley suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was later pronounced dead at an area hospital.
(WRGA/www.wrganews.com)