Authorities are investigating what led to a shooting that killed a 17-year-old Conyers boy early Tuesday morning, the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office said.

Friends rushed Christian Manuel to Rockdale Piedmont hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

“Presently, this case is under investigation as to the events leading up to the shooting,” Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Yolande Lovingood-Moore said in a statement.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Rockdale sheriff’s office at 770-278-8038.

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