Dunwoody Shooting: Neuman Indicted on Murder, Gun Charges by DeKalb Grand Jury

Hemy Neuman, the man accused of gunning down Russell ‘Rusty’ Sneiderman outside of a Dunwoody daycare, has been indicted on murder and gun charges by a DeKalb County Grand Jury.

The jury indicted Neuman Tuesday on one count of malice murder and one count of possession of a firearm during commission of a felony.

The indictment was announced Tuesday morning by DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James, who said the jury returned the indictment at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

The indictment was filed in DeKalb County Superior Court.

“Our collective goal is to continue to seek justice and preserve the public safety of our community,” James said. “Not only for the Sneiderman family but for anyone who lost a loved one because of violent crime.”

James declined to answer any questions about evidence in the case, but did have high praise for the Dunwoody Police Department’s work on the case.

“My hat is off to them for the work they have done,” he said. “They went to great lengths to discover the truth in this matter, what we believe to be the truth, and we would not be here had it not been for their work and also our office and our investigators as well.

There had been a preliminary hearing scheduled for Tuesday morning. In such hearings, evidence is presented to a judge to justify the case against the defendant. Those hearings are public. However, that hearing was cancelled and instead, the case was taken to Grand Jury, in which evidence is presented to justify moving forward. Grand juries are not open to the public.