Devon WheelerA 26-year-old man has been arrested and is being charged with felony murder in the killing of 28-year-old Rashad Goldston on Sunday in Dalton, Georgia.
Investigators arrested Devon R. Wheeler of Chattanooga early Tuesday morning at a motel in Smyrna, Georgia, with the help of the Cobb County Police Department.
The shooting happened early Sunday morning in the parking lot outside of the Oyster Pub bar on Market Street in Dalton. Investigators believe a dispute occurred inside the bar between Goldston and Wheeler's girlfriend.
The people involved took it outside at about 2:30 a.m. and the fight escalated. In a news release, the Dalton Police Department said Wheeler allegedly fired several shots into a gray Hyundai Santa Fe driven by Goldston.
Goldston, who was from Cleveland, Tennessee, was hit by one of the bullets in the back. He tried to drive away from the scene but crashed and flipped his vehicle onto its side in front of a Dollar Tree.
A nurse who happened to be in the area attended to Goldston before first responders arrived. He was later taken by ambulance to Hamilton Medical Center where he died later Sunday morning.
Wheeler is being held in the Cobb County Jail and was expected to be taken to the Whitfield County Jail later Tuesday. He was arrested without incident and is being charged with felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
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