A man accused in a fatal shooting along Metropolitan Parkway last month surrendered to authorities at the Fulton County Jail, police announced Monday.
Charlie Cooper, 49, was wanted on charges of murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm as a felon. He turned himself in April 3, according to Atlanta police.
On March 28, authorities said they found 51-year-old Derrick Williams critically wounded when they were called to the Metro Quik Mart along Metropolitan Parkway shortly before 7:30 p.m. Williams later died at a hospital.
Police did not say how Cooper was connected to the incident. No details were released on what may have led to the shooting, one of two fatal incidents at a Metropolitan Parkway convenience store within the span of seven days.
In the other, two men were shot at an Exxon station just south of Lexington Avenue after getting into a dispute. One was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other was stable when he was taken to a hospital. No arrests have been announced in that case.
According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, Cooper was released from Dodge State Prison in May 2017 after serving one year of a five-year sentence on several convictions out of Fulton County, including aggravated assault and terroristic threats.
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