Man charged with murder of former Chicago baseball player shot, killed at college in Atlanta

Thursday, March 2, 2023
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man has been arrested in the shooting death of a former standout Morgan Park High School baseball player.

Jatonne Sterling was shot and killed Tuesday while away at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Keontay Holliman-Peoples, 25, is facing murder charges.

Atlanta Deputy Police Chief Charles Hampton said Sterling got into a vehicle parked in the parking lot with Holliman-Peoples and a third individual. He said this was not a random homicide and that Sterling knew Holliman-Peoples.

"We know there was some correspondence prior to Tuesday, even as early as Tuesday morning," Hampton said.
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There was an exchange of gunfire, but it's too early to know who had weapons and who shot who.

Holliman-Peoples is in custody and is recovering from his injuries, police said.
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