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3 arrests made in fatal shooting of middle Ga. boy

Police carry the front door to a GBI crime investigation vehicle at Indian Oak Apartments in Fort Valley, Ga., Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. Jaimel Anderson, 8, was shot to death by a gunman who fired through the door of his apartment in Fort Valley, striking him several times in the upper torso early Tuesday morning as he lay on an air mattress in his mother’s boyfriend’s living room, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/The Macon Telegraph, Woody Marshall) Police carry the front door to a GBI crime investigation vehicle at Indian Oak Apartments in Fort Valley, Ga., Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. Jaimel Anderson, 8, was shot to death by a gunman who fired through the door of his apartment in Fort Valley, striking him several times in the upper torso early Tuesday morning as he lay on an air mattress in his mother’s boyfriend’s living room, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/The Macon Telegraph, Woody Marshall)

By Associated Press January 9, 2015 1 min read

FORT VALLEY, Ga. (AP) – Authorities say the man renting an apartment where an 8-year-old boy was fatally shot has also been arrested.

Fort Valley Department of Public Safety officials said in a statement Friday that 22-year-old Dejad Williams is charged with cocaine possession with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Investigators have said 8-year-old Jaimel Anderson was fatally shot early Tuesday when a gunman fired into the apartment. Authorities investigating the shooting say the weapon and drugs were found in the apartment.

Authorities have said 25-year-old Dennis Eason was arrested Wednesday while trying to board a bus in Birmingham, Alabama and awaits extradition. Chief Lawrence Spurgeon says he and 21-year-old Tevin Sams of Lizella are charged with felony murder.

It’s unclear if Williams and Sams have attorneys.