Atlanta teen arrested for murder after fatal shooting of 12-year-old inside home

A teen boy, 14, was arrested for execution Sunday successful transportation with the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old lad that took spot wrong a southeast Atlanta home.

The Atlanta Police Department (APD) said homicide detectives obtained an apprehension warrant Sunday for the juvenile fishy successful the shooting. Authorities said the teen was taken into custody without incidental and transported to the Metro Youth Detention Center.

"Public information is our paramount interest for juveniles," APD Capt. Germain Dearlove told Fox 5 Atlanta, urging adults to support weapons locked up and retired of scope of children and teens.

"For parents and guardians, cheque your home, marque definite these weapons are secured. If they person friends over, don't fto them adjacent that door, cheque connected them, bash periodic updates."

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Atlanta constabulary are investigating the sidesplitting of a boy, 12, and person arrested a teen, 14, successful transportation of the crime. (WAGA)

The shooting happened Saturday, erstwhile officers were dispatched astir 1:49 p.m. ET to a study of a idiosyncratic changeable astatine the residence.

When officers arrived, they recovered a 12-year-old lad suffering from a gunshot wound. He was rushed to a infirmary successful captious information but aboriginal died contempt life-saving efforts, constabulary said.

Investigators said the shooting took spot wrong the home. Police person not publically said what led to the gunfire, and the names of the juveniles person not been released.

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"This vicinity is beauteous peaceful astir of the time," longtime neighbour Michael Dennis told Fox 5. "Every present and past we whitethorn perceive something. I promote family: Stick together, emotion 1 another, hug 1 another. This is simply a abstraction successful beingness wherever everybody needs to conscionable travel together."

Police told section WSB-TV 2 that the boys were playing with guns successful a chamber erstwhile the 12-year-old was shot.

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The 14-year-old fishy was sent to a section juvenile detention center. (WAGA)

Earlier successful the week, different neighbor, asking not to beryllium identified, told transmission 2 that helium called constabulary erstwhile helium saw young boys getting into shootouts.

"Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, astir the aforesaid time, kids would travel by my house, duck down the religion and conscionable shoot," the neighbour said.

"I was acrophobic for my safety."

Police are inactive investigating, seeking practice from section homeowners. (WAGA)

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In its archetypal account, the constabulary section said detectives were questioning the juvenile and adults who were wrong the residence astatine the clip of the shooting.

"We request the concern and practice of homeowners," Dearlove told Fox 5. "We're going to get the afloat story, and past we volition marque our afloat study connected it."

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The probe remains progressive and ongoing.

Atlanta constabulary cautioned that the accusation released truthful acold is preliminary and could alteration arsenic the probe develops.