Crime & Safety

Suspect from Stone Mountain Arrested in Lawrenceville CVS Murder

Gwinnett County Police arrested Jamad Wallace of Stone Mountain in connection to the murder of a man at a Lawrenceville drug store in 2012.

After a nearly nine month search, Gwinnett County Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a man at a CVS in unincorporated Lawrenceville.

Jamad Wallace, 21 of Stone Mountain, was arrested Wednesday in DeKalb County and taken to the Gwinnett County Detention Center.

Wallace is charged with murder in relation to the death of Alex Delgado Ramos, 27, of Lawrenceville last year. On March 4, 2012, officers responded to a shooting at the CVS at 1187 Grayson Highway at around 10pm. Ramos was found outside the drugstore with a gunshot to the left side of his head. He was taken to the hospital where he died two days later.

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According to a release from GCPD Cpl. Jake Smith, Wallace was also wanted aggravated assault following a shooting in Stone Mountain on December 9, 2011.

This article first appeared on Lawrenceville Patch

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Wallace remains at the Gwinnett County Jail where he is being held without bond.


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