Jatonne Sterling, an age 20-year-old baseball player at Clark Atlanta University, was shot and killed in Atlanta on Tuesday, know his cause of death and career
Keontay Holliman-Peoples, who knew Sterling before the incident, has been arrested by the Atlanta Police Department. In a car, Sterling and Holliman-Peoples got into a fight, which led to gunfire.
Clark Atlanta University College baseball player Jatonne Sterling killed in shooting, cause of death, obituary, age, family, education, suspect
#BREAKING— Atlanta police say they’ve made an arrest in the shooting death of @CAU student, Jatonne Sterling
Keontay Holliman-Peoples, 25, faces several charges. More info in a live report on @FOX5Atlanta pic.twitter.com/svIn6qXtal
— Alex Whittler (@AlexWhittler) March 2, 2023
At the scene, Sterling was pronounced dead, and the suspect was hurt. During the fight, someone else was in the car, and the police want anyone with information to come forward.
When did the Jatonne Sterling shooting take place?
The shooting happened close to a church and less than a mile from the campus of Clark Atlanta University in Georgia, according to the Atlanta Police Department. At about 1:42 p.m., officers arrived at the scene and found Jatonne Sterling with a gunshot wound.
REST IN PEACE to 20 y/o Jatonne Sterling who was shot and killed near Clark Atlanta's campus.
Sterling was a sophomore student-athlete playing baseball at CAU. 💔 pic.twitter.com/e2yBV1TSd5
— Everything Georgia (@GAFollowers) March 1, 2023
The shooting is being looked into by the Atlanta Police Department, but no one has been arrested yet. Police say that Sterling and the suspect knew each other before the shooting, so it wasn’t a random murder.
Who was baseball player Jatonne Sterling?
Jatonne Sterling was a utility player at Clark Atlanta University. He was also a computer science major. Before getting a baseball scholarship to play for the CAU Panthers, Sterling was one of the best athletes in high school. Sterling was a talented athlete at Chicago’s Morgan Park High School, where he won a championship in 2021.
Earnest Radcliff, who was his baseball coach in high school, talked to 11Alive and said that he treated Sterling like a son. Radcliff said, “I don’t have any words to describe the hurt for this young man,” Radcliff said. “No parent should have to bury their child.”
Jatonne Sterling will be missed by his community
People said Jatonne Sterling was smart and talented, and that he loved baseball and computer science. He was a very involved member of the Clark Atlanta University community, and his friends, teammates, and coaches all loved him. Sterling’s death has shocked everyone at Clark Atlanta University, and his family and friends are heartbroken.
A vigil is being held now at @CAU to honor Jatonne Sterling @FOX5Atlanta pic.twitter.com/gIJDJNcM63
— Kim Leoffler (@kimleoffler) March 1, 2023
The university said in a statement, “The Clark Atlanta University Department of Athletics mourns the passing of Jatonne Sterling. He was a talented student-athlete, majoring in computer science, who made a positive impact on the baseball team and across campus. Gone too soon. Please keep Jatonne’s family in your prayers.”
Sterling’s death is a tragedy, and it shows how gun violence affects our communities. The Clark Atlanta University community and the rest of Atlanta are sad about what happened, and we all need to work together to stop senseless violence and make everyone’s neighbourhoods safer.
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