Arrest made in deadly Stone Mountain apartment shooting

In mid-January 2026, DeKalb County authorities arrested 24-year-old Juan Carlos Martinez Zambrano for the December 12, 2025, fatal shooting of Christopher Blake Verdell. The incident occurred at an apartment complex on Woodbend Drive in Stone Mountain, where the gunman opened fire after pounding on a door, killing Verdell—known as Blake—and wounding his friend, Martin Haynes.