Overview
- Officers found a 12-year-old with a gunshot wound inside a southeast Atlanta home, and he later died at a hospital despite lifesaving efforts.
- Detectives secured a warrant and arrested a 14-year-old on a murder charge, and the teen is being held at the Metro Youth Detention Center.
- Police say early accounts indicate the boys were handling guns in a bedroom, and they are questioning juveniles and adults who were in the home as details remain preliminary.
- APD Capt. Germain Dearlove urged parents and guardians to lock up firearms and to check on kids behind closed doors during visits.
- A fundraiser identified the victim as Cameron, a Long Middle School student, as neighbors described a usually quiet block shaken by recent reports of kids firing guns near a church.