A fifth man wanted for an October murder in Macon was arrested in Texas on Sunday.
13WMAZ"s Paula Rotondo spoke to Bibb County Sheriff David Davis who says they are still trying to determine what caused the shooting.
Davis says he can recall the October murder of a former employee easily. "Vernard Mays heard some people in the backyard of his house, and he went out to see what was going on, he became involved in an argument or an altercation with those individuals and at that point he was shot to death."
Mays was 23 years old and worked in the warrants division at the Bibb County Sheriff's Office.
Davis says there are several working theories as to why the shooting took place, but one in particular stands out.
"There had been an accident earlier in the day and some of these individuals had hidden some items, guns, drugs, what have you, in the backyard of Vernard's house and were coming back later in the night to retrieve it."
Davis says they have not found any alleged contraband, but says it doesn't mean they aren't working diligently.
"Ever since that incident our investigators have worked tirelessly and so far we've arrested 5 people."
Michael Dewayne Hardy Jr., 19, Jadarien Shamar Flowers, 19, Drayson MacDonald, 16, Adonis Rhodes, 16, Curtis Dewayne Jackson Jr., 22 are charged in connection to the shooting death of Mays.
Carol Smith the Killeen Texas Public Affairs Officer says Jackson was arrested by officers Sunday afternoon in Killeen.
Smith says, "It really was without incident, we had a location on him, we found him, and we arrested him, it was really non-confrontational."
Jackson was taken to the Bell County jail, and awaits extradition back to Macon.
Sheriff Davis says the extradition process can be a long process. He explained that Jackson could waive his extradition and agree to return to Macon to face the murder charge, or he could fight his extradition.
This means a Texas judge would look at the evidence in the case and decide if there is enough probable cause.
If he finds enough then they'd rule the individual be brought back to Georgia.
District Attorney David Cooke who will handle the extradition itself said, "We look forward to getting justice for Vernard Mays' family and the community."
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