Crime & Safety
Missing 12-Year-Old Found Fatally Shot
Grandmother had reported the boy missing after he left home to visit a friend the day before; he was found less than half a mile away.
ATLANTA — Police are investigating the shooting of a 12-year-old in southwest Atlanta who had been reported missing Tuesday night.
Officers were called to the 1900 block of Shirley Street in the Westwood Terrace neighborhood around 1:48 p.m., according to police reports.
They arrived to find the boy dead from apparent gunshot wounds, police said.
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Tuesday, shortly before 11 p.m., the boy's grandmother had called to report that he had not returned home after leaving earlier in the day to go to a friend's house, police said.
Officers canvased the area looking for the missing boy and posted a look-out alert with other agencies in the region. The location where he was found the next day was less than half a mile from his home.
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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
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