A 16-year-old has been charged with murder in the deaths of two teenage boys, Gwinnett County police said Friday.
Le’Quan Dempsey of Avondale Estates has been charged with two counts each of felony murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, according to police.
He is accused of killing two friends July 21 shortly after 12:30 a.m. along Lake Drive in a neighborhood bordering Norris Lake, police said. The two killed were identified as 17-year-old John Pendrack of Snellville and 19-year-old Aiden Reynolds of Conyers. Reynolds’ mother told Channel 2 Action News they were friends.
No information about a possible motive was released.
Dempsey was being held at a regional youth detention center because of his age, according to police.
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