STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — DeKalb police have arrested and charged a man with another man’s shooting death in Stone Mountain last month.
Police say 20-year-old David Hayman was found shot and killed in the bushes near his home in late March.
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Investigators say Hayman and 22-year-old Aurion Johnson were involved in an argument while Hayman was walking home. They say Johnson pistol-whipped Hayman before shooting him in the face and killing him.
Police say the two men did not know each other.
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“It’s really, really hard to believe because this is a nice quiet beautiful community, and I was shocked,” neighbor Sandra Holloway said.
“I’m saddened. I don’t know what to think,” neighbor Bernard Gunter said. “It’s a safe neighborhood in general. But crime is going up everywhere.”
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Johnson was arrested Tuesday and charged with malice murder. He is being held in the DeKalb County Jail without bond.
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