Murder Charges Filed, Shootings Might Be Gang Related: Police

DULUTH, GA — A man has been charged with murder and assault for a pair of shootings that happened May 5, killing a Loganville man and wounding a Duluth teenager, according to Gwinnett County Police. On July 15, authorities said charges were filed against the surviving shooting victim for car theft, and that the gunfire might be gang related.

On May 5, police were called to the Prescott Apartments at 1655 Centerview Drive in Duluth, and found two victims with gunshot wounds separated from each other in the wood line behind the property. Matthew-Evan Graham, 17, of Duluth, was shot in the shoulder and treated at an area hospital. Nicolai Manget, 20, of Loganville, died from a gunshot wound to the chest.

Detectives reviewing evidence at the homicide crime scene found a set of keys to a Mercedes reported as stolen from Durwood Lane in unincorporated Duluth on April 15.

Early on May 8, police received a “discharging firearms” call at the Prescott Apartments — the same building where the homicide occurred three days earlier. Officers found shell casings in a breezeway in front of one of the doors to an apartment, and several bullet holes in an apartment door.

Investigators learned that Milord lived in the apartment, but was not home when the shots were fired.

The same day an arrest warrant was issued for Graham for theft by receiving stolen property in connection with the stolen Mercedes. Police say Graham lives in the same neighborhood where the vehicle was stolen. He was arrested on the warrant on May 13 during a traffic stop.

Also on May 13, three arrest warrants were obtained for Richie Milord, 28, Duluth, who is accused of shooting Graham. The warrants charge Milord with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Graham and Manget were together on the night of the homicide and were both shot by Milord, police claim.

Milord was arrested during a traffic stop on July 12 by a deputy with the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities charged Milord with murder, aggravated assault, and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Graham and Milord are being held at the Gwinnett County Jail without bond. Authorities say the men also face additional charges tied to unrelated cases.