Two arrested in connection with deadly shooting of metro Atlanta teenager

CLAYTON COUNTY, GA — Two suspects are in custody in connection with the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy in Clayton County earlier this year.

According to Clayton County police, Fernando Santana was shot and killed on Darwin Drive in Jonesboro on June 29.

Detectives with the department’s Criminal Investigation Division have been investigating the shooting since June and identified Desi Walker and Dayquan Brown as suspects in the killing.

Police say both suspects were arrested Tuesday with assistance from U.S. Marshals and county law enforcement units.

Walker and Brown are being held at the Clayton County Jail.

Authorities say the investigation into Santana’s death remains ongoing.

WSB Radio’s Ashley Simmons & Michelle Wright contributed to this story.