All three Leflore County men identified as suspects in a fatal shooting at a Cruger club last month have been arrested and are in police custody.
On Thursday morning, the last of the suspects, Demantreous Demond Love, 37, of 706 3rd Ave. N., was arrested at a Greenwood apartment by U.S. Marshals. He was wanted on charges of capital murder, aggravated assault and robbery.
Love is in the Leflore County Jail and will be moved to the Holmes County Jail.
Early July 2, three men, two of them armed, entered Club CJ’s in Cruger and shot Vernardo Washington and Joe Holmes. Both men received several gunshot wounds, according to Willie March, Holmes County sheriff.
Holmes was taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson and was released on July 18.
Washington was taken to the Greenwood Leflore Hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
On July 3, Perez Love, 33, 105 East Taft St., was identified by witnesses at the club as a suspect and was immediately picked up by the Leflore County Sheriff’s Department, March said.
He has been charged with capital murder, armed robbery and aggravated assault. He had an initial appearance in court, but his hearing date has yet to be set. He remains in the Holmes County Jail with no bond.
The second suspect, Jamar Newsome, 32, 101 Star St., turned himself in to the Holmes County Sheriff’s Department Aug. 11 after being on the run for several weeks. He also been charged with capital murder, armed robbery and aggravated assault.
Newsome is in the Leflore County Jail, separate from Perez Love for allegedly passing notes to one another, March said.
•Contact Lauren Randall at 581-7239 or lrandall@gwcommonwealth.com.
