MACON, Ga. — A third person has been arrested and charged with murder after a shooting in East Macon in February, according to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office.
19-year-old Shamar Tyrell Stewart of Macon was arrested on Wednesday in connection to the death of 25-year-old Cortavius Hassan Ates.
Stewart was arrested after a search warrant in the 400 block of Forest Hill Road.
He was taken to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Headquarters and after further investigation to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center.
Stewart is charged with aggravated assault, participation in criminal street gang activity and murder.
He does not have a bond.
Two other men have also been arrested in this case.
30-year-old Kendarrious Cone and 29-year-old Marion Curry.
Curry is charged with criminal street gang activity, aggravated assault, and murder. Cone is charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana, aggravated assault, and murder. Neither have a bond.
In February, Ates was found shot in an overturned car, according to the sheriff's and coroner's office.
The shooting happened on Saturday near the intersection of Jeffersonville Road and Roseview Street.
This incident is still under investigation. Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or the Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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