Crime & Safety
Nearby: Man Wanted in Fatal Kennesaw Shooting Arrested
A 27-year-old man was shot and killed during the course of an argument outside a Kennesaw nightclub, police say.
The suspect in a July 12 shooting at a Kennesaw nightclub which left one man dead has turned himself in, police say.
FOX 5 News reports that Lewarner Jaron Scott, 28, surrendered himself to Kennesaw police Thursday morning. Cobb County jail records show that Scott was booked into custody at 3:36 p.m.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Monday that two people began fighting outside Diamond Dave's Steakhouse on Cobb Parkway in Kennesaw. One of the men involved in the fight, 27-year-old Kevin Compton, was shot.
Compton then got into a car with some other people, and traveled to the Acworth area, when it was discovered that Compton was seriously wounded. He was transported to the hospital, where he died.
Scott has been charged with one count of murder and three counts of aggravated assault, jail records show.
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