DEKALB COUNTY, GA — A teenager from Newton County wanted for murdering his stepfather is arrested Tuesday morning in DeKalb County with help from the US Marshals Service.
16-year-old Jayden Daniel is accused in the May 13 murder of 41-year-old David Gay of Covington.
Deputies went to Gay’s residence on Avery Drive and discovered he had been fatally shot.
Daniel faces a number of charges, including murder, aggravated assault, theft by taking, possession of a handgun by a person under 18 and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of a crime.
He’s now at the Newton County Detention Center.