A suspect has been slapped with murder charges in the wake of a deadly shooting that claimed the life of a young man on Riverside Parkway in Cobb County, according to police reports. The Cobb County Police Department has charged 22-year-old Nijier Drakeford in the killing of 20-year-old Kenneth McGrew of Austell, as reported by FOX 5 Atlanta.
Emergency calls broadcast the violence on Jan. 26, around 1:30 p.m. in the 1300 block, with officers discovering the victim, McGrew, wounded multiple times by gunfire, medics fought to save his life en route to a local hospital, but his wounds were too severe, and he succumbed—this according to the officers' account as conveyed by WSB-TV.
Authorities, working quickly on leads, pinpointed Drakeford, a resident of Lithia Springs, as the alleged triggerman; detectives obtained an arrest warrant charging him with felony murder. The suspect was apprehended in Atlanta, in the early hours of the following Saturday morning.
Any individual with insights into the deadly event is urged to step forward—Cobb County Police Department's Major Crimes Unit is reachable at 770-499-4111, as they announced in their call for community assistance.
