A 15-year-old boy was shot to death at an apartment complex in Spalding County on Saturday evening, police said.
Griffin police were called to the Ava Park Apartments at West College Street Extension about a person shot. The complex is near Meriwether Street and about a mile southwest of the city’s downtown area. When officers arrived, they found the teenager suffering from several gunshot wounds outside of an apartment.
Lifesaving efforts were attempted, but the boy was pronounced dead at 11:15 p.m., officials said. He was identified as Luis Perez, of Spalding, by Coroner Michael Pryor.
No further information was released about what led to the shooting, which remains under investigation. He was one of at least seven teens who were shot in metro Atlanta over the weekend.
“It’s a tragic loss of another young life,” Pryor said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Griffin police at 770-229-6452.
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