Georgia Man Arrested over Murder of Nat King Cole's Great-Nephew Tracy Cole

Ricardo Gayle has been charged after Cole was fatally stabbed to death in Atlanta in September

A Georgia man has been arrested over the murder of Nat King Cole’s great-nephew in Atlanta.

Per a statement from the Atlanta Police Department obtained by PEOPLE, Ricardo Gayle, 41, has been charged with stabbing Tracy Cole, 31, to death in September. Gayle was taken into custody by the Fairburn Police Department following a traffic stop on Saturday. Custody of Mr. Gayle was then transferred to the APD.

Gayle was booked into the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on multiple charges, including murder, armed robbery and aggravated assault, jail records seen by PEOPLE show.

According to a press release from the APD, Cole and Gayle knew each other. "APD homicide investigators determined that the incident was not a random act; the victim Tracy Cole, and suspect Ricardo Gayle, were confirmed to be familiar with each other," the release read.

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Cole was attacked at around 2 a.m. local time on Sept. 14, per an incident report from the police obtained by PEOPLE.

He was was stabbed multiple times in the neck, chest and head before being taken to a local hospital, where he later died.

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According to WSB-TV, Tracy Cole was the grandson of Freddy Cole, one of Nat King Cole’s three brothers. Like his legendary brother, who died in February 1965, Freddy Cole was an accomplished jazz singer and pianist and was inducted into the Georgia Hall of Fame in 2007. 

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Tracy was reportedly a long-time member of the Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, and last month Senior Pastor Kevin Murriel paid a heartfelt tribute to him following his death.

"Tracy had that personality that just really transcended culture, it transcended race, it transcended class,” Muriel told Fox 5 Atlanta. "Tracy made a friend of everyone. He was family. He was more than a young man in the community. He was that child who walked the floors and aisles of the church. He just brought an abundance of joy everywhere he went."

Family friend Camille Love also remembered Tracy as a “good guy.”  

“I met Tracy probably when his grandfather brought him to the Nancy Wilson concert at Chastain Park during the Atlanta Jazz Festival," she told WSB-TV, "He was delightful, you know? He was just kind, gentle, easygoing. Liked the good life. You know, just an all-around good guy.”

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