The last suspect accused in the July shooting death of a 21-year-old man has been arrested, Atlanta police told Channel 2 Action News.
Dontacus Brantley, 20, is among five people charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Nashiem Hubbard-Etienne.
Four other suspects, including Kennesaw State University’s women’s basketball player Kamiyah Street, were previously arrested.
Three of the co-defendants, 22-year-old Cortez Banks, 21-year-old Johnerton Gilstrap and 20-year-old Tobias Wells, have been in jail for months.
Credit: Fulton County Sheriff's Office
Credit: Fulton County Sheriff's Office
Street was booked into the Fulton County Jail on Nov. 21, jail records show.
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Fulton County prosecutors indicted her, Brantley and the three other men on Oct. 22, about three months after Hubbard-Etienne was “the victim of a targeted shooting” July 16 in the parking deck of a southwest Atlanta apartment complex, AJC.com previously reported.
In addition to murder, the group is accused of criminal attempt to commit armed robbery and aggravated assault in the 14-count indictment. Some face other related charges and weapons charges.
Police have not released any further information about the deadly shooting or Brantley’s arrest.
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Video surveillance footage allegedly placed Street at the Heritage Station apartments on McDaniel Street the night of Hubbard-Etienne’s death, according to prosecutors.
Gilstrap, as a felon, was not supposed to have a weapon. He was previously convicted in a 2018 car break-in case out of Douglas County and in 2015 of a felony involving the possession of a gun in Cobb County.
Maiyannie Hubbard-Armster, the victim’s mother, previously told Channel 2 that her son was likely not the intended target. Hubbard-Etienne moved to Atlanta to be with his father and pursue a degree at Georgia State University, she said. He had dreams of becoming an entrepreneur.
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“My son was not who they were after, but like most situations, the innocent one always catches the bullet,"Hubbard-Armster previously told the news station.
She questioned why it took authorities so long to arrest Street, who had played the first four games of the season with KSU.
“What are they going to do about this girl?” she said. “Why is she still able to breathe and enjoy life as if she did nothing?”
Street was suspended from all KSU athletic activities after the university learned about the charges against her, KSU’s assistant athletic director for communications David Beall told AJC.com.
“The individual has been suspended indefinitely from all women’s basketball team and athletic activities,” he said. “Neither the university nor the athletic department have any additional information at this time.”
Street, a junior who graduated from Mays High School in Atlanta, averaged 21 points and 5 rebounds through the start of the season as a point guard for KSU.
Jail records indicate Brantley has previously been arrested multiple times on drugs and trespassing charges.
We’re working to learn more.
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