Motive unidentified in murder of Ga football star shot by mall, teenager suspects extradited from South Carolina

Funeral preparations have been set for a Georgia star superior college soccer player gunned down in a mall parking whole lot previous 7 days, as investigators nonetheless work to determine the motive for the taking pictures allegedly carried out by two young adults later apprehended in South Carolina immediately after fleeing the scene. 

Elijah DeWitt, an 18-12 months-old broader receiver at Jefferson Higher School, was fatally shot on Oct. 5 at approximately 8:15 p.m. in the parking ton of a Dave & Buster’s at Sugarloaf Mills Mall in Lawrenceville. 

Two days later, the Gwinnett Law enforcement Office announced the arrests of Kemare Bryan, 18, and Chandler Richardson, 19, both equally from Lawrenceville, Ga, and apprehended in South Carolina. 

Bryan and Richardson were being taken into the custody of the Anderson County Sheriff’s Place of work and are expected to be extradited to Gwinnett County on Monday. 

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They are both of those billed with felony murder, malice murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm all through the fee of specified felonies in relationship with the murder of DeWitt.

Murder target Elijah DeWitt, remaining, observed photographed with his girlfriend of four yrs, Bailey Reidling, at Disney.  (Bailey Reidling)

"Detectives are still operating to look into the motive behind this incident, it appears that the suspects and the victim have been common with each individual other and when they encountered just about every other in the parking large amount, an altercation took location and then the shooting," Gwinnett police explained in a assertion on Friday. 

The Gwinnett Law enforcement Section has charged Kemare Bryan, 18, and Chandler Richardson, 19, both equally of Lawrenceville, Georgia, with felony murder, malice murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm throughout the fee of selected felonies in relationship with the murder of Elijah Dewitt. (Gwinnett Police Department)

About a hundred people turned up Sunday night for a candlelight vigil for the murdered significant university senior, whose spouse and children says had aspirations of participating in college soccer, FOX 5 Atlanta reported. 

Murder target Elijah DeWitt, left, hugs his girlfriend of 4 many years, Bailey Reidling, on the soccer industry.  (Bailey Reidling)

A visitation will be held at Jefferson Church from 6 to 10 p.m. on Tuesday in advance of a funeral assistance scheduled to start out at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at Jefferson Significant Faculty. Gamers on equally groups in the course of a community higher school soccer group held up two fingers in honor of DeWitt's variety on Friday evening. 

Murder sufferer Elijah DeWitt, remaining, found attending a football match with his girlfriend of 4 many years, Bailey Reidling.  (Bailey Reidling)

WXIA-Tv set reported Friday about acquiring three 911 calls from the scene. In one, a lady describes the suspected gunman getting dropped off in a black auto and crossing her vehicle’s path. She mentioned she almost ran into him just before hearing gunshots even though ending parking. In a different call, the operator instructs the manager of Dave & Buster's on how to execute CPR. "He's hardly respiratory," the manager claimed, frantically attempting to revive Dewitt. "No response, no response."

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"I was at Dave & Buster's, I listened to people screaming, I seemed towards my proper, and I see anyone lay down," a male voice suggests in the 3rd 911 contact, with a lady read crying in the qualifications. "I have under no circumstances seen everything like this, man."