The following was taken from a press release distributed by the Gwinnett County Police Department on November 16, 2023:
Update #3: A third suspect has been arrested in a 2022 homicide. On October 5, 2022, officers responded to 5900 Sugarloaf Parkway in unincorporated Lawrenceville in reference to a shooting investigation.
Seventeen-year-old Elijah Dewitt was killed in the incident. Following the shooting, two suspects were arrested in Anderson, South Carolina.
On Wednesday, November 15, 2023, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office arrested a third suspect in the case. Kpadeh Jones (age 19, Lawrenceville) was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail and charged with one count of Malice Murder.
Update #2: The Gwinnett Police Department has charged Kemare Bryan (age 18, Lawrenceville) and Chandler Richardson (age 19, Lawrenceville) with Felony Murder, Malice Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of Certain Felonies in connection with the murder of Elijah Dewitt. Bryan and Richardson are currently in the custody of the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office in
