Crime & Safety
Snellville Man Charged in Fatal Shooting
Jovian Lanus, along with Tyler Estrada and Diara Hood, has been charged with killing a man in Norcross.
Written by Scott Bernarde
A Snellville man and two others have been charged in a July murder at a Norcross-area apartment complex.
In an emailed media alert sent Wednesday (Nov. 13) afternoon, Gwinnett Police spokesman Cpl. Jake Smith said 26-year-old Jovian Lanus, of Snellville; Tyler Estrada, 18, of Marietta; and 22-year-old Diara Hood from Lawrenceville have been charged with murder in the shooting death of Stephen Carden, 28, of Marietta, at the Celadon Apartments at 6055 South Norcross Tucker Road.
Carden and another man, Thomas Smith, 28, of Powder Springs, were attacked while walking through the complex around 7 a.m. July 29, according to police reports. Carden's body was found by police on the ground outside one of the apartment buildings.
Thomas Smith had been struck with a blunt object and was sent to the hospital.
Cpl. Smith wrote in his media alert that all three suspects also face armed robbery charges. More from the police email:
A Snellville man and two others have been charged in a July murder at a Norcross-area apartment complex.
In an emailed media alert sent Wednesday (Nov. 13) afternoon, Gwinnett Police spokesman Cpl. Jake Smith said 26-year-old Jovian Lanus, of Snellville; Tyler Estrada, 18, of Marietta; and 22-year-old Diara Hood from Lawrenceville have been charged with murder in the shooting death of Stephen Carden, 28, of Marietta, at the Celadon Apartments at 6055 South Norcross Tucker Road.
Carden and another man, Thomas Smith, 28, of Powder Springs, were attacked while walking through the complex around 7 a.m. July 29, according to police reports. Carden's body was found by police on the ground outside one of the apartment buildings.
Thomas Smith had been struck with a blunt object and was sent to the hospital.
Cpl. Smith wrote in his media alert that all three suspects also face armed robbery charges. More from the police email:
"All three were developed as suspects in the weeks following the homicide. In November, Hood and Estrada were discovered to be in custody for armed robbery and aggravated assault in DeKalb County for charges made by the DeKalb County Police Department. Lanus was still at large.
... On November 8, 2013, the GCPD SWAT Team took Lanus into custody at a home on McCord Livsey Road" in Snellville.
Lanus has been specifically charged with arrested and charged with aggravated assault, armed robbery, murder and hold for other agency.
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