Two teenagers are facing charges in a Hall County shooting that left an 18-year-old from South Carolina dead Tuesday, officials said.
Deputies were called to a residential area just south of Gainesville on Walker Drive near Chicopee Street around 4:30 p.m. and found the teenager suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest, the Hall sheriff’s office said. They began helping bystanders who were already providing first aid to the victim, who was identified as Junior Gabriel Linares of Greenville, South Carolina.
Firefighters took Linares to Northeast Georgia Medical Center, the sheriff’s office said, but he died at the hospital.
Investigators found a handgun at the scene and interviewed everyone who was in the vicinity when the gun was fired. The sheriff’s office said that “everyone who was present during the incident is accounted for, and there is no danger to the community.”
Victor Alejandro Flores and Anthony Rebollar, both 18, were subsequently identified as suspects and charged. They remain in the Hall County Jail without bond. Officials said additional arrests are not expected.
Flores is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence, possession of a handgun during the commission of a crime, reckless conduct and possession of THC oil. Rebollar is facing charges of tampering with evidence, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of THC oil.
No further information was released about the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
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