--- description: A suspect in the early morning shooting death of an Auburn University football player was arrested Sunday, according to police title: Suspect Arrested in Shooting Death of Auburn Football Player Jakell Mitchell image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt836d6af689c27d84/69876e9a55a8595efaa84b83/auburn-shooting-jakell-mitchell.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Suspect Arrested in Shooting Death of Auburn Football Player Jakell Mitchell by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2014 8:48 PM CUT  Auburn Police investigate a shooting at the Tiger Lodge apartments in Auburn, Ala. early Dec. 14, 2014. Auburn Police investigate a shooting at the Tiger Lodge apartments in Auburn, Ala. early Dec. 14, 2014.Albert Cesare—Montgomery Advertiser/AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2014 8:48 PM CUT A suspect in the early morning shooting death of an Auburn University football player was arrested Sunday, according to police. Markale Deandra Hart, 22, was charged with murder in connection with the death of Jakell Mitchell, who was found dead at an apartment near the school’s campus after police received a report of shots fired in the area, according to a statement from the Auburn Police Department. Hart is being held on $150,000 bond. Police said they don’t believe there will be additional arrests in the case, and the motive is under investigation… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-arrested-shooting-death-auburn-football-player-jakell-mitchell-n268001 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3633012/jakell-mitchell-suspect-arrested-auburn-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3633012/jakell-mitchell-suspect-arrested-auburn-shooting/"},"headline":"Suspect Arrested in Shooting Death of Auburn Football Player Jakell Mitchell","datePublished":"2014-12-14T20:48:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:50:41.044Z","description":"A suspect in the early morning shooting death of an Auburn University football player was arrested Sunday, according to police","url":"https://time.com/3633012/jakell-mitchell-suspect-arrested-auburn-shooting/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt836d6af689c27d84/69876e9a55a8595efaa84b83/auburn-shooting-jakell-mitchell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt836d6af689c27d84/69876e9a55a8595efaa84b83/auburn-shooting-jakell-mitchell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Auburn Football Player Killed in Shooting","caption":"Auburn Football Player Killed in Shooting","creditText":"Albert Cesare—Montgomery Advertiser/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3633012/jakell-mitchell-suspect-arrested-auburn-shooting/","name":"Suspect Arrested in Shooting Death of Auburn Football Player Jakell Mitchell"}}]}] ```