Two teenage brothers from Gainesville were arrested late Wednesday evening in connection with the shooting death of a man Tuesday morning on Brown Street.
B.J. Williams, public information officer with the Hall County Sheriff's Office, said Jamarco Patton, 16, and Syn'sere Antrell Deshaun Patton, 17, were both charged as adults with felony murder, aggravated battery and aggravated assault in the death of Christopher Dixon, 25, of Gainesville.
The suspects turned themselves in to Hall County Sheriff's Office investigators in the Atlanta area after authorities tracked them there. Williams said the Atlanta Police Department and Georgia State Patrol assisted in the case.
The incident reportedly happened just before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Harrison Square complex on Brown Street. Authorities found Dixon with one gunshot wound to the chest. He was transported to the hospital where he later died.
The agency initially called in the SWAT team, as they believed the two suspects were barricaded inside an apartment in the complex. However, Williams said the SWAT team later determined that the two suspects had fled out of the back of the apartment prior. Williams said the suspects lived in the complex.
The motive for the murder remains under investigation. Additional charges against the teens are pending.
Syn'sere Patton is being held in the Hall County Jail, while Jamarco Patton is being held at the Regional Youth Detention Center in Gainesville. Both suspects are being held without bond.
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