Crittenton, 23, wanted in connection with a drive-by shooting in Atlanta, was being held Tuesday at Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters on a state penal code violation of being a fugitive from justice, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.
Crittenton is scheduled to appear in Department 30 at the courthouse. A federal warrant charging him with unlawful flight to avoid arrest is expected to be dismissed because he is being held on the state charge, authorities said.
He was apprehended Wednesday night at John Wayne International Airport by a fugitive task force of FBI agents and LAPD officers.
Crittenton allegedly shot Jullian Jones, a mother of four, on Aug. 19 as she stood outside her home with two other people, authorities said.
Atlanta homicide detectives said Crittenton was trying to shoot someone he believed had stolen jewelry from him in April, according to Georgia law enforcement sources.
Jones was caught in a hail of bullets from the driver’s side of a sport utility vehicle. She was hit multiple times and declared dead at a hospital, according to authorities.
Crittenton, of Fayetteville, Ga., was drafted by the Lakers in 2007 but was traded in his rookie year to the Memphis Grizzlies. His NBA career sputtered with the Washington Wizards in 2009 when he and then-teammate Gilbert Arenas pulled guns on each other.
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Photo: Javaris Crittenton. Credit: FBI
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