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19-year-old arrested in shooting near McNair High in DeKalb

Mekhi Le’Ron Jackson, 19, was arrested on multiple charges exactly a week after he allegedly committed a shooting outside of McNair High School.

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Mekhi Le’Ron Jackson, 19, was arrested on multiple charges exactly a week after he allegedly committed a shooting outside of McNair High School.
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Feb 3, 2022

An Atlanta man was arrested last week on multiple charges related to a shooting that took place outside of McNair High in DeKalb County during school hours.

Mekhi Le’Ron Jackson, 19, was identified as a suspect in the Jan. 21 shooting, just before school was dismissed, Channel 2 Action News reported. No students or school employees were injured in the incident.

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Jackson was taken into custody exactly one week later and booked into the DeKalb jail on multiple charges, including three counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, online jail records show. He was released on bond two days later.

DeKalb police have not released any further information in the case.

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