The aunt of a 15-year-old boy shot and left dead for at least 10 hours in a stranger’s yard says the family can’t understand his death.
Dewanna Crawford told Channel 2 Action News the family wants answers.
“It’s just hard,” she said Friday. “We just don’t understand why somebody would kill a 15-year-old.”
"We don’t understand why anyone would kill a 15 year old.” We're working to bring you details about murder of Clayton Co. teen at 12. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/mvPBiCnOWy
— Audrey Washington (@AudreyWSBTV) December 30, 2016
No arrests have been made in the death of Keyontae Ross, police said.
Ross, a freshman at North Clayton High School, was found shot along the 1100 block of Kristen Cove in College Park.
“My sister, she’s taking it really hard,” Crawford said. “That was her baby.”
According to Channel 2, a neighbor discovered the body Thursday while backing out of a driveway.
“Clayton County fire and emergency services responded to the scene to assess and treat Ross, but determined that he was deceased,” Clayton police spokeswoman Sgt. Ashanti Marbury said.
Ross was shot at least once, she said.
“It's awful,” neighbor Imogene Hills told Channel 2, “and then to know that that child laid out there all night long and it poured down raining.”
"And then to know that that child laid out there all night long." Only on ch.2, hear from neighbors who found teen killed in yard. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/CqxZm21Lwh
— Audrey Washington (@AudreyWSBTV) December 30, 2016
Ross had just moved to Clayton from Henry County with his mother and siblings.
“I think it's terrible because we losing so many of our kids,” neighbor Quobobus Hunter said. “And the crime is just ridiculous. Something need to change."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Clayton police Det. Phelps at 678-222-8037.
