He was beaten and found shot in a Buckhead apartment. Nearly 2 years later, a second suspect has been arrested.

ATLANTA — After more than two years on the run, police have arrested the second and final suspect connected to the violent death of a 21-year-old man at a Buckhead apartment complex in January 2023.

The U.S. Marshals Service arrested 21-year-old Kentae Compton in Albany, Georgia, on May 15, 2025, with the help of its Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force. Compton now faces charges of murder and aggravated assault in connection to the death of Vionta Yancey Jr.

Police said officers responded to The Atlantic Brookwood, off Brookwood Valley Circle and Peachtree Road on Jan. 14 to find Yancey had been shot during an “ongoing altercation with a known suspect.” He was declared dead at the scene…

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