Jorden Permenter arrested in Decatur murder

DEKALB COUNTY, GA—The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit, with the US Marshals, Clayton County Police and Clayton County Sheriff’s Office, today(June 23) arrested a suspect in the murder of a man in Decatur in March of this year.

Tucker resident Jorden Rashaan Permenter, 26, was taken into custody without incident on Glen Moor Drive in Ellenwood, Georgia.

According to the arrest warrant, Permenter is charged with Malice Murder for causing the death of 22-year-old  Ashanti Nigel Gray by allegedly shooting him in the neck and face on March 20 on Hampton Park Road. No motive for the shooting was given, authorities said. .

Permenter was transported to the DeKalb County Jail, where he is being held without bond.