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DeKalb man charged with murder after late night Gwinnett shootout

Christopher Parker has been charged with felony murder, aggravated assault and felon in possession of a firearm in connection with the shooting death of Domiquo Riley.

Credit: Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office

Credit: Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office

Christopher Parker has been charged with felony murder, aggravated assault and felon in possession of a firearm in connection with the shooting death of Domiquo Riley.
By Amanda C. Coyne
Oct 4, 2017

A 42-year-old DeKalb County man has been arrested after a late night shootout in Norcross left a 19-year-old dead and a woman wounded.

Christopher Parker, of Lithonia, has been charged with felony murder, aggravated assault and felon in possession of a firearm.

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Domiquo Riley, 19, of Snellville, died early Sunday morning after a shootout occurred outside Midnight Blu Cafe in Norcross. The gunfire erupted after an argument started inside the nightclub, a witness told Channel 2 Action News, describing it as like "the Wild Wild West." 

After Riley was shot in the chest, he was put in a car and driven a mile away, to a Shell station on Jimmy Carter Boulevard, where he died. There were multiple shooters and multiple witnesses who fled the scene, police said, and they anticipate more arrests.

Parker is being held without bond at the Gwinnett County Detention Center.

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