I live in Ga/greater Atlanta metro as well. This is the first I have heard of this.
I live here in the north woods...closer to Jasper .... and the story led the local television news for several cycles. The arrest also led.
Also even the Pickens County newspaper carried the story.
But then of course the story was about a KSU student being shot
I live in Austell...although I am out of town...this is the first I’ve heard of this too.