The victim in last night’s deadly shooting outside Will Henry’s Tavern in Stone Mountain has been identified as 39-year-old Jerome Johnson, of Lawrenceville.
Gwinnett Police Homicide detectives have charged 27-year-old Jonnathan Bladimir Hernandez, of Lilburn, with aggravated assault and felony murder for the homicide of Jerome Johnson.
Homicide detectives were able to determine that a road rage incident is what led to the shooting, which resulted in Johnson’s death.
Shortly after the homicide, a suspicious person call came in not far from the scene matching the description witnesses had provided of the suspect.
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Responding officers, along with K9 and the Aviation Unit apprehended Hernandez without incident.
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