Man indicted for gunning down murder victim in Athens intersection

By Joe Johnson

A Morgan County man has been indicted for the alleged murder of a victim who was gunned down in the intersection of West Broad and Pulaski streets on December 18th.

Jamarioun Clark, 22, of Madison, is charged with murder and aggravated assault for fatally shooting 26-year-old Anargyros “Cole” Mantas, according to the indictment that was filed Tuesday in Superior Court.

Authorties have not disclosed whether a motive for the shooting had been established.

Mantas

According to reports, on the morning of the incident, Mantas was in the parking lot of Redeemer Presbyterian Church on Pulaski Street when something caused him to walk out into the intersection of West Broad Street to speak with occupants of a car that stopped for a red light.

The flashes of gunshots from inside the car are seen on surveillance footage followed by the sight of Mantas falling mortally wounded to the ground,

He died of multiple gunshot wounds after being transported to the hospital.

Clark was arrested two days later in iNewton County.

He is at the county jail awaiting his arraignment that is scheduled for March 10th.