FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2007 Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force CONTACT: Supervisory Inspector James Ergas 770-508-2555     Suspected Gang Member Wanted For Slaying of Iraq Vet Captured Atlanta, GA - At approximately 4:00pm on November 7, 2007, investigators from the U.S. Marshals Service’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the Atlanta Police Department and the ATF VCIT arrested Daquan Stevens. Stevens was named in a 39 count indictment that included seven murders and multiple armed robberies. One of the murders that Stevens was charged with was the murder of Iraq war veteran, Ryan Harmon. Harmon, 24, was shot and killed by assault rifle fire in April of 2006 as he was driving through downtown Atlanta. After the shooting, his vehicle was found riddled with bullets. Mamadou Barry was another victim of the gang; suffocating after having a plastic bag pulled over his head during an armed robbery. On Friday November 2, 2007 members of the U.S. Marshal’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force began working on the hunt for Stevens. On the morning of November 7, 2007, after an exhaustive multi-day hunt, investigators developed information that he was in the Decatur area. Further investigation led investigators to an apartment complex near the intersection of Flat Shoals Rd and I-285. The USMS SERFTF, the Atlanta Police Department and the ATF VCIT then established an aggressive surveillance in the area. Later in the afternoon, investigators located the apartment where they believed Steven would be located. This was further confirmed when investigators observed the fugitives girlfriend arrive and depart the target apartment. At approximately, 4:00pm investigators were forced to make entry into the apartment where they were able to safely arrest Stevens without incident. The Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force (SERFTF) is a team comprised of law enforcement officers from the United States Marshals, as well as, more than two dozen other local, state and federal agencies. The task force’s objective is to seek out and arrest the regions most violent offenders. Since the inception of the task force in September of 2003, the SERFTF has closed over 11,200 felony investigations. Annually, more fugitives are arrested by U.S. Marshals than all other federal agencies combined. Additional information about the U.S. Marshals can be found at http://www.usmarshals.gov .