From The Tribune staff reports
DORA — A suspect has been arrest for the murder of 22-year-old Brandon Thomas, of Dora.
Thomas was shot around midnight on Aug. 26 while cooking in his kitchen at a residence in the 6500 block of Snowville Brent Road in Dora. He was pronounced dead shortly after at Walker Baptist Medical Center in Jasper.
On Monday, Sept. 7, 23-year-old Dalen Eliase Gaines was arrested by Walker County Deputies, and is now housed in the Jefferson County Jail on the charge of capital murder.
Jefferson County Detectives were able to obtain an arrest warrant for Gaines on Friday, Sept. 4. The Walker County Sheriff’s Office received a tip from a citizen that Gaines was at a location in Jasper on Monday, and deputies quickly took him into custody without incident.