UPDATE: Second arrest made in connection with fatal shooting at Macon Walmart in 2022
A second arrest has been made in connection with a shooting that left a man dead outside a Macon Walmart in August of 2022.
UPDATE (3/5/24) – A second arrest has been made in connection with a shooting that left a man dead outside a Macon Walmart in August of 2022.
A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release says the sheriff’s office gang unit and U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Task Force took 20-year-old Myccho Vachion Gray into custody after serving an arrest warrant just before 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Gray was arrested after a brief foot pursuit at a home in the 70 block of Short Street, the release said.
He’s charged with murder and hijacking of a motor vehicle. He’s being held without bond.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Authorities in Bibb County have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of 41-year-old Ronnie Albea. Elijiah Dewayne Gray, an 18-year-old male, was arrested Monday morning at a home in the 200 block of Clisby Place.
According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, investigators had identified Gray as a suspect through the course of their investigation. An arrest warrant was issued on April 25, and he was taken into custody shortly thereafter. He has been charged with murder and is being held without bond.
Gray is also in custody for two counts of terroristic threats, which are unrelated to this case.
The fatal shooting took place on August 5, 2022, in the parking lot of the Walmart located at 6020 Harrison Road.
According to the sheriff’s office, the shooting was reported to the Macon-Bibb 911 Center around 8:21 that evening. Witnesses stated two males approached the victim’s fiancé and demanded the keys to their vehicle. The victim, identified as 41-year-old Ronnie Albea, refused to give them the keys and got into a fight with the suspects before he was fatally shot.
Albea was taken to the hospital by ambulance, where he was later pronounced dead.
The investigation is songoing, and authorities say additional arrests are pending. Anyone with information related to the case is urged to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
