3rd suspect caught in officers' deaths
ATLANTA (AP) - January 18, 2008 William Maurice Woodard, 26, was arrested at a traffic stop,
DeKalb County Deputy Police Chief Mike Burrows said during a news
conference.
The DeKalb Sheriff's Office issued warrants Friday charging
Woodard and Mario O'Brian Westbrook, 31, with murder. Burrows said
authorities are still looking for Westbrook.
DeKalb County Police officers Ricky Bryant Jr., 26, and Eric
Barker, 33, were killed early Wednesday in an apparent ambush in a
parking lot at the Glenwood Gardens apartment complex.
Two other men already arrested, Herbie DeShawn Durham, 32, and
Deanthius Jamal Johnson, 28, were charged with two counts of
murder.
Residents say drugs, prostitution and gunfire are common at the
apartment complex in a suburb six miles east of downtown Atlanta.
Police have not released a motive for the killings and have
declined to say if there are other suspects.
Both slain officers were married fathers and were wearing their
uniforms when they were shot. They were hired in December as
part-time security to prevent break-ins, said Teofil Taut, the
owner of the 176-unit complex who also lives in one of the
buildings.
