The Gwinnett County Police Department has charged Shamuel Benjamin, 18, of Snellville, in relation to the death of a teenager who was shot and killed in October in Lawrenceville.
According to a press release from the agency, officers responded to a report of a person shot on Mariray Court in Lawrenceville on October 2. On arrival, officers found Timothy Buchanan, 17, of Lawrenceville dead from an apparent gunshot wound on the subdivision's basketball court.
Over the course of the investigation, detectives developed reason to believe that both parties met to conduct a drug transaction.
Benjamin has been charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
The Gwinnett Sheriff’s Department Fugitive Squad arrested Benjamin without incident on November 30.
