Brothers charged in the deadly shooting of sleeping 2-year-old girl, Nearly six months after two sleeping sibling infants were shot, one of them fatally, in southwest Atlanta, police said they have arrested the two brothers they believed shot them.
Mr. Montez Thompkins, 21, and Mr. Jeremy Thompkins, 23, were arrested Wednesday night and charged with murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and reckless conduct, according to Atlanta police.
So far, police have not released a motive for the Nov. 3 shootings or how they linked the brothers to the crime.
Arrest warrants were issued for the pair Tuesday and the Atlanta Fugitive Unit located and apprehended both suspects the next day in DeKalb County, police spokesman Officer John Chafee said.
The two are accused of killing 2-year-old Ty-Teyanna Motley and wounding her 1-year-old brother, Isaiah, police said.
Ty-Teyanna and Isaiah were sleeping in a bed with their grandmother when shots were fired around 1:40 a.m. through the front door of the family’s home on Polar Rock Place, according to the police report.
The infants' grandmother, Ms. Deborah Howard, told police she was awakened by the gunshots and discovered the two children had been shot lying next to her in the foldout sofa bed.
Ty-Teyanna was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. Her brother was taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite in stable but critical condition.
Hours after the children were shot, family members pleaded for the public’s help in finding those responsible.
“Someone must know something,” the children’s grandfather, Mr. Tommy Wood, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the time. “They need to find out who did this to this baby.”
Mr. Montrez Thompkins is currently facing theft charges in an unrelated case, DeKalb County court records show. Mr. Jeremy Thompkins was given 12 months of probation in November 2011 after pleading guilty to carrying a concealed weapon, the AJC reported.
Mr. Montez Thompkins, 21, and Mr. Jeremy Thompkins, 23, were arrested Wednesday night and charged with murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and reckless conduct, according to Atlanta police.
So far, police have not released a motive for the Nov. 3 shootings or how they linked the brothers to the crime.
Arrest warrants were issued for the pair Tuesday and the Atlanta Fugitive Unit located and apprehended both suspects the next day in DeKalb County, police spokesman Officer John Chafee said.
The two are accused of killing 2-year-old Ty-Teyanna Motley and wounding her 1-year-old brother, Isaiah, police said.
Ty-Teyanna and Isaiah were sleeping in a bed with their grandmother when shots were fired around 1:40 a.m. through the front door of the family’s home on Polar Rock Place, according to the police report.
The infants' grandmother, Ms. Deborah Howard, told police she was awakened by the gunshots and discovered the two children had been shot lying next to her in the foldout sofa bed.
Ty-Teyanna was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. Her brother was taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite in stable but critical condition.
Hours after the children were shot, family members pleaded for the public’s help in finding those responsible.
“Someone must know something,” the children’s grandfather, Mr. Tommy Wood, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the time. “They need to find out who did this to this baby.”
Mr. Montrez Thompkins is currently facing theft charges in an unrelated case, DeKalb County court records show. Mr. Jeremy Thompkins was given 12 months of probation in November 2011 after pleading guilty to carrying a concealed weapon, the AJC reported.
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