Crime & Safety
Snellville Triple Homicide Suspect Indicted
Robert Bell is accused of killing three people and injuring another at a local home in September.
The suspect from September's triple homicide in the Snellville area has been indicted, according to media sources.
CBS Atlanta reports that authorities are requesting a warrant to have the suspect, Robert Bell, extradited from New Orleans. He was taken into custody Oct. 24 in the Louisiana city after being on the run since the shootings, according to Gwinnett County Police.
Bell, 33, is accused of fatally shooting a local woman, her 12-year-old son and 19-year-old godson, and also injuring the mother's boyfriend Sept. 15. The incident took place at the woman's home off Anderson Livsey Lane, where she allowed Bell and his girlfriend to stay.
Click here to listen to the 911 calls from one of the victims and a neighbor.
Police believed Bell was in New Orleans because a pickup truck that was stolen half a mile away from the shooting on the same night. The vehicle was recovered Oct. 2 in the Louisiana town.
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