Dad: Iraq War veteran Zachary Gamble is survived by his 7-year-old son, Luke
Four black Georgia men arrested for 'beating to death' a white former Marine who survived TWO tours of duty in Iraq
Crime scene: Zachary Gamble was at a birthday party in the Concord Chase Apartments near Smyrna when he got into a fight
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.
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
Gamble, who served two tours of duty in Iraq between 2001 and 2005, is survived by his 7-year-old son, Luke.
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MARIETTA — A cocaine-fueled birthday party, terrifying war stories and a vulgar text message led to the beating death of former Marine Zach Gamble, 34, of Acworth, on March 25, prosecutors said Friday.
Dawes said that two times during the night of the incident, Secrest, Gamble and Batchelor left the apartment to go buy cocaine in Secrest’s fiancee’s car.
Read more: The Marietta Daily Journal - Judge orders 4 men held in former Marine’s death
does this mean it is o k that he was killed?
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