Police recently charged an Atlanta teenager in connection to the July 29 shooting that ended in the death of a Kennesaw State student, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Khalid Bays originally turned himself in to police on Friday, Sept. 21, in connection with a fatal shooting of an Atlanta charity worker, according to the AJC. Bays now faces a murder charge in Gwinnett County in connection to the shooting death of Rahmier Gardner, a student at KSU.
According to the AJC, the two victims do not seem to be connected.
Giovanni Perez, 18, was also identified as a suspect and has been arrested in connection with Gardner’s shooting, according to the AJC. Bays and Perez have been charged with felony murder and aggravated assault.
According to the AJC, investigators suspect that the two had a meeting or transaction outside of the Brunswick Zone bowling alley in Gwinnett County. The AJC reported that one of the two teens arrested was an acquaintance to Gardner.
According to WSB-TV, Gardner was reportedly shot after stepping outside of a Brunswick Zone on July 29. When police arrived at the bowling alley that night, they reported that Gardner was suffering from “what appeared to be multiple gunshot wounds,” according to the Gwinnett Daily Post.
Garder’s friends told the police that the incident happened so quickly that they had not noticed that Gardner stepped out of the building until it was his turn to bowl, according to WSB-TV.
Bays faces another murder charge in connection with the Aug. 12 shooting death of Beverly Jenkins, a 49-year-old charity worker, according to the AJC. Jenkins was reportedly shot in the head in southwest Atlanta as she was driving home from her shift at City of Refuge, a non-profit organization that supports homeless mothers and their families.
Bays has also been accused of shooting a woman during a carjacking at a gas station in Atlanta on Sept. 17, according to the AJC.
The Lilburn Police Department is currently looking to identify a woman who may also be connected to Gardner’s death. According to the AJC, police said they believe she is the only person connected to the shooting that is still at large.
