A 17-year-old faces a felony murder charge after police said he fatally shot a man in a car and left his body in the middle of a street in south Gwinnett County.

James Maurice Robertson of Snellville also faces an aggravated assault charge in the death of 23-year-old De’Lano Plummer, according to Gwinnett jail records.

Teenage girls found Plummer’s body lying in the middle of the road near the intersection of Hightower Trail and Donald Road about 2:20 p.m. Feb. 4, AJC.com previously reported.

He was shot at least once. Investigators said the shooting is believed to be robbery-related and that Robertson and Plummer likely knew each other.

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Robertson was booked Friday into the Gwinnett jail, where he remains with no bond.

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