Crime & Safety
U.S. Marshal's Capture Slaying Suspect
The Fulton Sheriff's Office helped capture the fugitive after a multistate search. On Jan. 31, Sandy Springs police helped capture another suspect in the case.
A suspect in a North Fulton shooting death has been captured.
The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety announced that Shane Demetrice Woods was arrested in Georgia. Woods was captured by the United States Marshal's Southeastern Fugitive Task Force with assistance by the Fulton County Sheriffs Office, according to George Gordon, spokesman for the Department of Public Safety.
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Woods was wanted in connection with the shooting death of Zachary Rose of Canton on Jan. 28, at an Alpharetta townhome near Old Milton Parkway.
"Woods was being tracked throughout the southeast by federal agents and had fled to other states," Gordon said in his news release.
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When the suspect returned to Georgia, his location was found and law enforcement officers moved in quickly to make the arrest.
On Jan. 31, Sandy Springs police helped capture another suspect in the case. Jerad Terel Ownes, 22. He was charged with felony murder, armed robbery, burglary, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
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