A fugitive wanted by the FBI and Atlanta for a pair of separate homicides earlier this year has been taken into custody.
Investigators previously told Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Mark Winne exclusively that Corey Comer is wanted for killing 37-year-old Douglas Banks outside a library on Cleveland Ave. on May 6 and 17-year-old Kendarius Davis on Nov. 17 at an apartment complex on Mount Zion Rd. SE.
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Atlanta police say Comer, 20, was arrested on Friday. He is currently being held in the Fulton County Jail on charges of murder, aggravated assault and more.
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APD says Comer had been on their Most Wanted list since last month.
They did not comment on where Comer was found.
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Detectives say that Comer used what’s known as a “glock switch” in Banks’ murder to turn his handgun into a fully-automatic weapon, which the FBI says can shoot about 20 rounds in a second.
“They’re extremely dangerous,” FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Sean Burke said. “These weapons are very hard to shoot when they become converted to fully automatic. That has the strong propensity to have innocent victims be hit on top of the intended target.”
The FBI Atlanta says that between 2012 and 2021, there was a 570% increase in switches being found at crime scenes nationally. They added that they see them at nearly every metro Atlanta search warrant they serve involving gangs or violent crimes.
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