Stone Mountain Murder Suspect Arrested, Victim’s Body Found in Bushes: Sheriff's Office

STONE MOUNTAIN, GA — The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a person suspected of killing a young man and leaving his body in the bushes of a Stone Mountain residential community.

The DeKalb Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit on Tuesday found and arrested 22-year-old Aurion Johnson of Stone Mountain at a Brockett Road apartment in Clarkston, Georgia, according to a news release. Johnson is being charged in connection with the murder of 20-year-old David Hayman.

According to the arrest warrant, on March 31, Johnson was involved in an altercation with the victim who was walking home along Watson Bay. Johnson pistol-whipped the victim before fatally shooting him in the face, according to the arrest warrant.

Investigators say the victim did not know the shooter.

Johnson is being charged with Malice Murder. He was taken into custody and transported to the DeKalb County Jail, where is being held without bond, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.