Savannah-Chatham police Wednesday arrested a man for the Nov. 14 double shooting that killed a 25-year-old and left his brother in critical condition.
Christopher Alexander Johnson, 24, of a Garrard Avenue address, was arrested on a murder warrant by homicide detectives, said Julian Miller, police spokesman. He was also charged with aggravated assault for the shooting that occurred at the home in the 700 block of West 49th Street where 25-year-old Maurice Antwan James and his 30-year-old brother Josh Detrimis James lived.
Police allege Johnson shot the younger James to death and also shot his brother who was hospitalized but survived his injuries.
Johnson was released from Hays State prison last June after serving six months in Hays State Prison for a 2009 cocaine possession charge, according to Georgia Department of Corrections records.
He had previously served two other prison terms for cocaine possession and distribution and obstructing a law enforcement officer, records show.
Miller said Savannah-Chatham homicide detectives are continuing to investigate the November shooting.