Dallas Murder Suspect Arrested

DALLAS, GA — A Paulding County man is in custody after authorities say he shot and killed another man near a subdivision tennis court in Dallas this week.

Lowe Deontae Payne, 23, turned himself in to Dallas Police Department detectives at about 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, authorities say. Payne is accused of shooting and killing 20-year-old Carldrake Finister on Monday at Vista Lake subdivision in Dallas.

Dallas Police had secured arrest warrants for Payne after the shooting, which they say stemmed from some type of dispute between the two men. Payne is being held without bond at Paulding County Jail and is charged with one count of felony murder and one count of aggravated assault.

Police say Finister was shot multiple times Monday. He had been sitting at a picnic table in the subdivision's recreation area when the shooting happened.

The shooting marked the third homicide arrest in Paulding County in recent days. On Thursday, 16-year-old Darnell Isaiah Priester was arrested at his mother's home in Douglasville forshooting and killing 18-year-old Tommy Robinson earlier this month.

And, last Wednesday, Derek Jess Renfroe, 32, was charged with murder in the killing of Beth Harris, a woman from whom he'd been renting a room in Hiram.

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Photo courtesy Paulding County Sheriff's Office