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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