Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy outside a Suwanee apartment complex.
The teenager was killed just after 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at The Residences on McGinnis Ferry, Suwanee police said in a news release. Department spokesman Capt. Robert Thompson identified the victim as Abel Castellanos.
Officers found Castellanos lying dead in the parking lot outside the leasing office with a single gunshot wound to the chest, the release said.
Officers performed CPR and tried reviving the teen, according to a police report. Police spotted a pack of small cigars near Castellanos’ feet and found a Glock semiautomatic handgun with no magazine and a small pistol with an extended clip near his body, the report said.
One witness told officers she heard a loud “bang,” which she assumed was fireworks. Moments later, the resident said she saw the victim’s body in the parking lot with his legs still shaking, according to the report.
Castellanos’ mother and one of his friends showed up to the scene and helped officers identify the teen. Thompson confirmed that Castellanos lived at the complex.
Police did not share any suspect information.
Any witnesses who may have information on the shooting are asked to call Suwanee Detective Dawn Zaenglein at 470-360-0689 or 770-904-7627.
Castellanos is the second teenager to be killed at the McGinnis Ferry Road apartment complex in recent years. William “Slade” Petty, 18, was stabbed to death at the complex in July 2020, just weeks after he graduated from North Gwinnett High School.
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