Police arrest one suspect in Buckhead shooting, seek another
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Posted 5:17PM on Wednesday, May 15, 2002
ATLANTA - Police said Wednesday that one suspect has surrendered and another remains at large in the shooting deaths of two men outside a Buckhead mall earlier this month. <br>
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Authorities said 25-year-old Muhammad As Hussein of the Marietta area surrendered to Atlanta police Tuesday night. He faces two counts of murder. <br>
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Police said the second suspect, 25-year-old Steven Timmermon of the Marietta area, is considered armed, dangerous and still in or near metro Atlanta. <br>
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Twenty-year-old Jonathan Rice and 19-year-old Stephen Strickland, both of Marietta, were shot May second in a parking deck of the Phipps Plaza. Both died at the scene. <br>
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Police said the victims apparently knew the suspects, were in the suspects' car when they realized they had guns. The shooting began when the victims tried to get out of the car. <br>
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The investigation is continuing.