Summit County deputies arrested a third suspect in the I-77 shooting on Aug. 3 that killed 23-year-old Marquise Banks and injured one other.
Giovanni Porter, 23, of Carrollton, Texas, was arrested Thursday morning. The sheriff’s office issued a warrant for his arrest on Jan. 23 and charged him with first-degree murder.
Warrant:Summit County Sheriff’s Office seeks third person in fatal August I-77 shooting
I-77 shooting
The shooting occurred at about 6:15 p.m. when a pick-up truck traveling southbound on I-77 fired multiple rounds into Banks’ vehicle.
His vehicle careened across the grass median and crashed into a Mercedes, leaving its driver with minor injuries. Banks was pronounced dead at the scene.
Also arrested and charged in the shooting are 18-year-old Sirvonte Suggs and 20-year-old Ahmere Williams.
Suggs pleaded not guilty to charges that included two counts of murder and one felonious assault with a firearm drive-by shooting specifications plus aggravated murder.
Williams pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder, two counts of murder and felonious assault. All have firearm specifications, according to court documents.