Authorities in Atlanta have announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in connection with a shooting that left two 13-year-old boys dead and an 11-year-old boy injured on Tuesday.
Ramon Freeman, who would have turned 14 on Tuesday, and 13-year-old Jacodi Davis were killed by gunfire in the Oakland City neighborhood. FOX 5 Atlanta reported.
According to Atlanta police, the 11-year-old boy who was shot was Jacodi’s younger brother, Dontavious Davis, and was hospitalized in “stable condition.”
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Ramon Freeman (left), 13, and Jacodi Davis (right), 13, were shot and killed at an apartment in Atlanta’s Oakland City neighborhood just after midnight Tuesday, according to Atlanta police. (Provided by family via FOX 5 ATL)
According to Atlanta Police, officers responded to an apartment at 1043 Sparks Street SW around 12:36 a.m. Tuesday on a report of a minor who had been shot. When officers arrived on scene, they found three juveniles with gunshot wounds.
Grady EMS said one of the 13-year-old boys was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other 13-year-old boy later died at the hospital.
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Homicide Unit commander Lt. Andrew Smith told reporters at the scene Tuesday morning that the shooting did not happen inside an apartment, but on the steps outside a private residence.
Jacodi Davis (right) was killed in the shooting and his 11-year-old brother Dontavious (left) was wounded. (Provided by family via FOX 5 ATL)
Police have not released a motive for the shooting or details about what led up to it.
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No suspects have been detained in connection with the three shootings, but Crime Stoppers of Greater Atlanta and the Atlanta Police Department’s Homicide Unit are offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
Tips can be submitted anonymously to Atlanta detectives at 404-546-4235 or Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS.
