15-year-old killed in ‘isolated’ shooting in SE Atlanta, police say

A teenager was killed Friday evening in an “isolated” incident in southeast Atlanta, police said.

Officers responded to the 900 block of Dunning Street around 11:20 p.m. on a report of a person shot and found the victim dead from a gunshot wound, according to police spokesperson Lt. Christapher Butler. The victim was identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office as 15-year-old Chris Jackson.

Butler told reporters shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday that investigators were working to identify a person of interest who appeared to be a “young individual.” He said police also expected to have additional persons of interest.

The shooting location is primarily residential and just north of Haygood Avenue. Butler said the community appeared to be tightknit, and the victim’s family and witnesses were cooperating with the investigation.

“It looks like this is an isolated incident between some known parties. Still working on the exact motive and circumstances of the relationships to those individuals,” Butler said.

Ballistic evidence was recovered, as well as some other evidence Butler said the agency was unable to speak about. He said officials have identified the type of gun used but did not release further information.

— AJC freelance photographer Ben Hendren contributed to this article.