Decatur Police have identified the victim and suspect in a deadly shooting Thursday outside the 5th Avenue Food Mart.

Police say Dontay Jamar Garner died in the shooting.

Twenty-one-year-old Xavier Rashawn Sutherlin was charged with Garner's murder.

About 6:33 p.m. Thursday, officers were dispatched to a shooting at 601 5th Avenue SW.

When officers arrived, they found a man outside the business suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.

Medical personnel responded to the scene, but Morgan County Coroner Jeff Chunn ultimately pronounced the man, Garner, dead.

After further investigation, detectives identified Sutherlin as the suspect.

Police say Sutherlin remained on scene after officers arrived.

Sutherlin was arrested and booked into the Morgan County Jail without bond, per Aniah’s

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