- ABC News
- March 16, 2022
The Oconee County (Georgia) Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday that former University of Georgia football player Akhil Crumpton was arrested in connection to the murder of 23-year-old gas station clerk Elijah Wood last year. Wood was shot and killed at approximately 1:30 a.m. on March 19 by an armed assailant who was dressed in all black with most of his head concealed by sunglasses, a hood and face mask, investigators said. Wood's murder generated public interest and led to a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, district attorney investigators and other offices collaborated on the investigation, which is ongoing. According to the sheriff's office, shell casings at the crime scene were eventually matched to another crime scene in Philadelphia where local police suspected Crumpton was the shooter. Oconee Sheriff James Hale said...