By Joe Johnson
An Athens teen was killed and another injured in a shootout late Friday afternoon in an eastside Athens shopping district, according to police.
Officers responded to the reported shooting at about 4:45 p.m. in an area between Citgo at 145 Gaines School Road and the Goodwill store in the Willowood strip mall on Lexington Road,
"Upon arrival, officers located two individuals that had been shot," said Athens-Clarke County police spokesman Lt. Shaun Barnett in a Friday night statement. "Preliminary investigation indicates that these two individuals shot each other. One of the individuals, a 19-year-old male from Athens died as a result of his injuries. The other subject that was shot, an 18-year-old male, also from Athens was transported by EMS to a local hospital. He is expected to survive."
The investigation is ongoing, and police asked for anyone with information regarding the incident to call 706-613-3330.
Classic City News will update this story as more information becomes available.
Too bad.
Uh…update! Just released in another Classic City News article:
”Athens-Clarke County Police Chief Jerry Saulters on Saturday said Nelson was fatally shot and he shot and injured an 18-year-old Athens male in what appeared to be a gang-related matter.
Nelson was said to be one of several gang members who were when arrested in December during an operation by the Northeast Georgia Regional Drug Task Force and agents with the FBI Safe Streets Gang Task Force.”
Looks like the right person got whacked!! No loss to society! No loss at all. Probably saved lives.
And notice it said Gangsta Nelson was arrested in a gang sweep in Dec 2021….yet DA Gonzales felt it OK (with all our…
Here we go again with the nonsense. More mass shooting committed by non gang member are in states run by Republicans . So maybe some of you people making comments should do some research before showing much ignorance when you
Ah i love the smell of neocon false equivalency in the morning.
Gritz and Gonzalez need to go