A Conyers man was arrested Friday on a murder charge related to a fatal shooting at a gas station in Lithonia earlier this month, authorities said.
Prince Jordan Jr., 26, was taken into custody at an apartment on Evans Mill Road nearly three weeks after the deadly incident, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Konswello Monroe said in a statement. The sheriff’s fugitive unit was assisted by Georgia State Patrol SWAT officers and the U.S. Secret Service provided technology support. Jordan was booked into the DeKalb jail just after 11:30 a.m. on one count of malice murder, according to jail records.
Jordan is accused of fatally shooting 36-year-old Desmond Barcolleh at a gas station on Browns Mill Road in Lithonia on Dec. 3, Monroe said.
According to DeKalb police, officers were called to the gas station just before 4 p.m. after getting reports of a person shot. When they arrived, they found a crime scene but the victim, later identified as Barcolleh, had already been taken to the hospital in a private car. His injuries were life-threatening and he later died at the hospital, police said.
The initial investigation indicated that Barcolleh and the suspect got involved in an argument that escalated into a shooting, police said.
Barcolleh was interred at Hillandale Memorial Gardens in Lithonia on Dec. 16, according to his obituary.
Jordan is being held in jail without bond.
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