DEKALB COUNTY, GA–DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announces the conviction by jury trial of a Stone Mountain man accused of shooting two teen girls, killing one.

On Thursday, Nov. 6, jurors found Malachi Coleman, 23, guilty of Malice Murder, Felony Murder, two counts of Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, for the murder of Jayce Pirtle, 19, and the shooting of a 16-year-old girl.

According to the investigation, on Jan. 2, 2023, officers with the DeKalb County Police Department (DKPD) responded around 5 p.m. to a call of a person shot in a residential neighborhood located in the 500 block of Arbor Ridge Drive in Stone Mountain. Upon arrival, they located two teen girls with gunshot wounds. Jayce Pirtle was pronounced deceased at

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