DEKALB COUNTY, GA. – Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have arrested a sixth suspect believed to be connected to a fatal shooting at a throwback afterparty in Elbert County in October.

The shooting took place on Evergreen Drive in Elberton, where Elbert County High School students were gathered for a celebration. During the shooting, a 15-year-old was killed, four others were shot and injured, and three suffered additional injuries related to the incident.

Since the shooting, officers have arrested five South Carolina residents for shootingcharging each with murder and violations of Georgia’s Terrorism and Street Gang Prevention Act.

On Thursday, officials said the GBI Metro Task Force executed a search warrant at a home in Lithonia. There they arrested 19-year-old Christopher Bell.

The South Carolina man is currently in the DeKalb County Jail, charged with murder, violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, aggravated battery and four counts of aggravated assault. He is awaiting extradition to Elbert County.

The GBI and Elbert County Sheriff’s Office continue to investigate. Authorities are urging anyone with information to contact the Elbert County Sheri

Christopher Bell (DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office)

FF Office at 706-283-2421 or GBI Athens Regional Office at 706-552-2309. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at the GBI website, or through the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

Once the investigation is completed, the case will be forwarded to the Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.

Previous arrests in post-homecoming shooting

The following people, all from Anderson, South Carolina, have already been charged:

• Jarquavious Scott, 18: Charged with murder, four counts of aggravated assault, aggravated battery and violation of the Georgia Terrorism and Street Gang Prevention Act. He was arrested on October 17.
• Destanne Mathis, 20: Charged with murder, participating in a crime and violating the Georgia Terrorism and Street Gang Prevention Act. Mathis was arrested on October 28.
• Aanidras Parks, 18: Charged with murder, four counts of aggravated assault, aggravated battery and violation of the Georgia Terrorism and Street Gang Prevention Act. Parks was arrested on October 28.
• Jerimiyah Hughes, 19: Charged with murder, three counts of aggravated assault, aggravated battery and violation of the Georgia Terrorism and Street Gang Prevention Act. Hughes was arrested on October 30.
• Desmond Latimer, 18: Charged with murder, participating in a crime and violating the Georgia Terrorism and Street Gang Prevention Act. Latimer was arrested on October 30.