Third Athens man charged with murder in slaying in Five Points neighborhood

A third suspect has been arrested in the slaying of an Athens man on March 5 who was killed during a hail of gunfire outside a house in the Five Points area of Athens.

Athens-Clarke police announced Monday that Jaen Makale Appling, 20, was arrested Friday on a murder warrant at his home on Magnolia Avenue, the same house where another suspect, Anthony Quinn Brown, 19, was living, according to Athens-Clarke County Jail records.

Also charged with murder is Glendarius Jamius Tate, 20, of MLK Parkway.

The shooting that claimed the life of Ja’Vanni McDavid, 24, of Athens, occurred outside a home on the 100 block of Northview Drive shortly after midnight, according to police reports. Police were alerted to the crime by residents who called 911 to report hearing numerous gun shots.

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Appling, Brown and Tate were all inside the white Honda car from where the shots were fired, according to police Lt. Shaun Barnett.

“We know shots were fired from the vehicle and we’re working to confirm precisely who did what,” Barnett said.

Asked if police are looking a fourth suspect, Barnett would only said that “we are still looking into who, if anybody else, was involved in this incident.”

Police have not commented on a motive for the shooting, which occurred while the house was being used to host a party that included numerous young people from ages 15 to 20 years old

A security camera in the area captured shots being fired from the vehicle and also a man, who was apparently at the party, go into the street and fire a gun as the suspect’s car sped away.

All three suspects remained in jail Monday without bond.

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