A 15-year-old was arrested on November 4th in Valdosta, Georgia, after allegedly capturing and killing a person whereas taking part in with a gun.
In response to the Valdosta Police Division, the incident unfolded round 5 PM on Monday after they obtained a 911 name stating that somebody had been shot inside a house. When authorities arrived on the scene, they discovered 20-year-old Amarius Dakwon Shivers inside with a gunshot wound to his head. Officers instantly tried to offer first help to Shivers adopted by members of the Valdosta Hearth Division and native Emergency Medical Companies from South Georgia Medical Heart, nonetheless, he was finally pronounced lifeless on the scene.
VPD detectives and crime scene personnel additionally responded to the incident to analyze and interview potential witnesses and people seen leaving the house when officers initially arrived. Throughout their investigation, police obtained a 911 name from a involved mom who reported that her 15-year-old son who had returned house could have been the shooter. Officers responded to her residence, taking the teenager into custody.
Whereas the investigation is ongoing, preliminary stories reveal that there have been a number of teenagers contained in the Brookdale Circle house when the gun went off, placing Shivers within the head and killing him. The 15-year-old suspect who was allegedly taking part in with the gun when it went off is presently behind bars in line with the Valdosta Police Division, and faces costs of felony homicide, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm through the fee of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a minor, with extra costs pending.
“Our prayers exit to everybody concerned within the incident. As one mom was grieving the lack of her son, the mom of the 15-year-old contacted E911 to cooperate with legislation enforcement. This can be a tragic incident affecting two households, which might not have occurred, if juveniles weren’t taking part in with a gun,” stated VPD Chief Leslie Manahan in an official assertion.
The Valdosta Police Division’s Fb web page reveals an incredible quantity of help for the mom of the teenager who turned her son in.
There isn’t a info as of but on whose gun it was or how the teenager got here into possession of it, nonetheless, the place there’s a minor taking part in with a firearm as if it have been a toy, there may be virtually actually a negligent grownup begging to face costs as nicely.
