A search continued Sunday for a man accused of shooting and killing a Gwinnett County, Ga., police officer Saturday.
Police say Tafahree Maynard, 18, of Snellville, fired the shot that killed officer Antwan Toney, who had been on the force for almost three years.
Another suspect, Isaiah Pretlow, 19, also of Snellville, was arrested late Saturday night by U.S. marshals and charged with aggravated assault. He was booked at the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office shortly before 6:30 a.m. Sunday, and was held without bond, according to jail records.
Police believe Maynard and Pretlow were together when Toney was called to investigate a "suspicious vehicle" Saturday afternoon near Shiloh Middle School in unincorporated Snellville.
Toney was shot while approaching the car, officials said.
Toney "very jovial, very dedicated to his job and to serving his community," Gwinnett Police Chief Butch Ayers said. Toney was just days away from his third anniversary on the force.
He was the first Gwinnett officer killed in the line of duty since 1993, Ayers said. Toney is from Southern California, where his immediate family still lives.
Friends remembered Toney as someone with "a lot of heart," Channel 2 Action News reported.
"He was practically like a brother," Reginald Pierre said.
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