Four Georgia men arrested for 'beating to death' former Marine who survived TWO tours of duty in Iraq
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According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Arthur Batchelor, 37, Tarell Secrest, 36, and Jason Hill, 35, were taken into custody on Tuesday for allegedly killing 34-year-old Zachary 'Zach' Gamble. Another suspect, 38-year-old Sean Hall, of Atlanta, was arrested on Monday.
Hall is also accused of violating his probation stemming from a DUI conviction in 2009, according to the Marietta Daily Journal.
Nabbed: Arthur Batchelor, top left, Tarell
Secrest, top right, Jason Hill, bottom left, and Sean Hall, bottom
right, are accused of killing ex-Marine Zachary Gamble
On Tuesday, the victim's mother, Tina Robbins, told the Marietta Daily Journal that she was 'elated' that arrests have been made in her son's killing.
Hero: Zachary Gamble, a former U.S. Marine, served two tours of duty in Iraq between 2001 and 2005
Gamble, of Acworth, Georgia, was attending a friend's birthday party in the Concord Chase Apartments near Smyrna on March 25 when he got into an altercation with a group of men in the parking lot, according to investigators.
Police would not explain what happened next, only saying that they received a call from a taxi driver at 6am who reported having struck Gamble.
Crime scene: Zachary Gamble was at a birthday party in the Concord Chase Apartments near Smyrna when he got into a fight
Gamble was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, where he was removed off life support on April 8 without ever regaining consciousness.
While Gamble's autopsy results have not been made public, the victim's relatives have said that Gamble died from severe head trauma
Dad: Iraq War veteran Zachary Gamble is survived by his 7-year-old son, Luke
Gamble, who served two tours of duty in Iraq between 2001 and 2005, is survived by his 7-year-old son, Luke.
What a sad story. The scum who did this will have the ultimate justice from God.
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