CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies in Cherokee County worked overnight to get a murder suspect off the street.
On Sunday, deputies responded to a home off King Arthur Drive in Woodstock around 6:15 p.m. where they located a 25-year-old man shot dead.
Witnesses said Brakus Golden, 24, of Canton, shot the victim and left the scene.
The sheriff's office said Golden was in a previous relationship with the victim's girlfriend who lives at that home. Their names have not been released.
Marietta police received an alert that Golden was in the area on Monday morning. They located him in his car and compiled with their commands. They said they discovered he had a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his abdomen. He was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the sheriff's office said.