Teen Charged In Connection With Landlord's Death By Stabbing

DALLAS, GA — A 17-year-old male was arrested Sunday night and charged with felony murder in connection with the stabbing death of his mother’s landlord, authorities said.

Elijah Nehemiah Harris was taken into custody after deputies found Brian Allan Johns, 58, “clinging to life with what appeared to be multiple stab wounds” at his Dallas, Georgia, home, according to a statement from the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office. Johns died soon thereafter.

Detectives said they believed Harris stabbed Johns during a “physical dispute” between the two. Harris and his mother were tenants in Johns’ basement apartment at his home Ashbury Court in the Woodbridge subdivision.

Harris, who was charged as an adult with murder and aggravated assault, was being held Monday without bond in the Paulding County Jail.