DEKALB COUNTY, GA- A 39-year-old Atlanta man accused of fatally shooting a man on Valentine’s Day 2021 will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Jamaar Bracey was found guilty on Thursday, Feb. 8, on charges of Malice Murder, two counts of Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, and Possession of a Firearm during the commission of a felony stemming from Feb. 14, 2021 incident.
Immediately following the guilty verdicts, DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Shondeana Morris, who presided over the trial, sentenced Bracey to Life Without Parole plus 15 years to serve in confinement.
Bracey was already serving a sentence of Life Without Parole plus five years for a fatal shooting in Cobb County that occurred in January 2021, DeKalb County District Sherry Boston’s office stated. Bracey’s DeKalb County sentence will run consecutively to the Cobb County sentence, officials said.
According to the investigation in the Valentine’s Day shooting, the DeKalb County Police Department and the DeKalb County Fire Rescue Department responded to a call around 12:30 p.m. about an overturned car down an embankment along Warriors Path in unincorporated Decatur. After rescuers removed the driver, Rodney Evans, 31, from the vehicle, they discovered he had a single gunshot wound to the head. Paramedics transported Evans to Atlanta Medical Center where he underwent treatment. Evans, however, succumbed to his injuries on June 3, 2021.
Investigators processed the crime scene and found four bullet casings and shattered glass in the road. Evans’ white Chrysler Sebring had three of its four windows broken and a bullet hole was found on the front driver’s side of the car.
Through interviews, detectives learned that Evans had been involved in a tumultuous relationship with a woman who lived on Waldrop Place, just half a mile from the scene of the crash.
The woman had a protective order against Evans and told police that she…
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