Alabama Couple Charged With Murder in Norcross Shooting

NORCROSS, GA — A man and woman from Alabama have been charged with murder in the November killing of a man shot dead and left in a roadway in Norcross.

Demetrius Lamar Heade, 30, of Mobile, Alabama, and Tilisha Lakelia Tate, 35, of Saraland, Alabama, are both in custody, charged with the murder of 39-year-old Michael J. Harvey of Snellville.

On November 10, Harvey's body was found in the roadway of Button Gwinnett Drive near the intersection of Crescent Drive.

A passerby called 911 at about 8:30 p.m., saying he'd found an unresponsive man laying in the road.

Responding officers discovered that Harvey had sustained at least one gunshot wound. He was taken to Gwinnett Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Shortly afterward, the lead detective in the case learned that the suspects may be a man and a woman also linked to a homicide in Mobile, Alabama.

The next day, officers patrolling the area of Dawson Boulevard near Norcross found a man and woman who matched the description from a bulletin issued in Alabama.

The suspects complied with officers, although they originally gave false names, police said.

Both Heade and Tate had active arrest warrants out of Alabama. They were eventually booked into Gwinnett County Jail on November 12 for the out-of-state warrants.

According to police, Harvey and the driver of the suspects' vehicle sideswiped one another on Button Gwinnett Drive. Following the wreck, Harvey was shot "for reasons still unknown," police said.

The suspects fled the area, but a punctured tire kept them from traveling far.

Heade and Tate are both charged with murder and aggravated assault. Heade is currently in custody at the Gwinnett County Jail, while Tate was extradited back to Mobile.

Photo courtesy Gwinnett County Police Department