A DeKalb County jury has convicted a man accused of killing a stranger who tried to help him at a DeKalb County park.
On Friday, the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office announced that Ryan Anson Carter, 41, was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in the death of 29-year-old Jamaal Cobb.
According to investigators, DeKalb County police were called to Lithonia Park around 9:30 a.m. on August 23, 2020, after a woman walking her dog found Cobb lying in a pool of blood on a basketball court. Investigators said Cobb had been shot in the leg and forearm and was pronounced dead at the scene…