$10,000 reward offered for arrest of latest suspect in murder of 11-year-old in metro Atlanta – WSB-TV Channel 2

PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — Two of three suspects in the murder of an 11-year-old boy in Paulding County have been arrested. Deputies are hoping a big reward will help them capture the last one.

Zander Whatley of Douglasville was shot and killed the night of April 29 at his home when someone opened fire at the Ruth Way home. His family held his funeral last weekend.

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Investigators are still looking for 19-year-old Al-Hamid Ibrahim Kuyateh. He is considered armed and dangerous.

Crime Stoppers of Greater Atlanta is now offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to Kuyateh’s arrest.

Earlier this week, the sheriff’s office announced that Osman Sesay Jr., 18, was arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 11 after a traffic stop and that Nazier Lloyd Anderson, 19, was arrested. was reached at 4:45 a.m. Wednesday morning.

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Whatley’s father said Channel 2’s Audrey Washington that on the night of the shooting, a group of teenagers who were having a problem with one of her other children stopped in front of the house and opened fire.

Everyone survived except the 11-year-old.

“He was a great little kid, man,” his father said. “Something that happened to someone that shouldn’t even have happened.”

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