Four Ellijay men have been charged with felony murder in connection with a shooting that occurred earlier this week.
According to a news release from the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office, police responded to a 911 call at the 200 block of South Main Street in Ellijay on Wednesday, Sept. 18. There they found Mallory Lyric Warden, 19, of Jasper, in a vehicle with a gunshot wound. Warden was transported to the hospital, where she died.
Authorities later determined the shooting took place on Talona Road in Gilmer County, according to the sheriff’s office.
On Sept. 20, officers arrested Gray Anthony McClure, 21, of Ellijay; Robert Gabriel Shoilekov, 17, of Ellijay; and Davonnte Lavon Brehon, 18, of Ellijay, on felony murder charges for their alleged involvement in the crime.
A fourth person, Anthony Jared Inestruza Whisnant, 19, of Ellijay, was arrested on Saturday, Sept. 21, and was also charged with felony murder in connection with the shooting, according to the sheriff’s office.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is spearheading the investigation into Warden’s murder, along with detectives from the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the GBI regional investigative office in Cleveland at 706-348-4866, the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at 706-635-4646, or submit a tip through the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office mobile app.
Anonymous tips may also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), through the GBI’s online tipline, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.
This article has been updated to reflect the correct name of the fourth suspect, Anthony Jared Inestruza Whisnant.
